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Wooster v. BurrWooster v. Burr

New York Supreme Court
May 15, 1829
Reporters:
Before:
Savage
By the Court, Savage, C. J.

There is nothing in the statute which changes ‍​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‍the rights of the parties. The statute directs that the sum certified shall be recorded, but the verdict of a jury can ‍​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‍be received only by the assent of the plaintiff; and when no verdict is pronounced, no sum is certified. Where a verdict ‍​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‍was received without the assent of the plain*296tiff, it was set aside, (1 Wendell, 36;) and the court there held that it is the ‍​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‍right of a plaintiff to submit to a nonsuit. The plea of tender is not analogous to a notice of set off; ‍​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‍*^e former admits the debt, the latter not.

Motion denied, with costs.

Case Details

Case Name: Wooster v. Burr
Court Name: New York Supreme Court
Date Published: May 15, 1829
Citation: 2 Wend. 295
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
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