Griffith v. West
PHILIP GRIFFITH against GEORGE WEST
Griffith v. West, 10 N.J.L. 350 (1829)
Headnotes
CEBTÍOBABX. •
Upon the argument of a certiorari, the plaintiff cannot assign as a cause of reversal, a specific reason, not stated among the reasons filed ; unless there is a general reason filed, under which it can be fairly comprehended.
Summary
White moved to reverse the judgment for a cause not stated in the reasons filed.
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Ch. Justice.
Under a general reason assigned, the practice has been to allow the plaintiff to insist upon any error apparent on the face of the proceedings, saving the opposite party at all times from prejudice by surprise. In this case there is no general reason assigned; the reasons are all specific, and as no one covers the error now proposed, we cannot take notice of if«
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