Ward v Rich
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1726 |
| Date | 01 January 1726 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 86 E.R. 72
IN THE KING'S BENCH, EXCHEQUER, COURT OF CHANCERY
ward versus rkjh. 2 Saun. 169. 1 Lev. 299. Fide antea 37. Ward brought an action againat Hatton Rich de uxore abductaand keeping of her from him, usque such a day, which was some time after the exhibiting of the bill, and concluded contra formam statuti. After verdict for the plaintiff', it was moved in arrest of judg-[104]-ment, and the declaration was held good notwithstanding the impertinent conclusion of contra formam statuti, there being no statute in the case. Secondly, the Court resolved, that judgment should be stayed ; for the jury shall be intended to give damages for the whole time mentioned in the declaration : as in trespass, with a continuando to a day after the writ brought, the plaintiff shall not have judgment after verdict, which gives damages by intendment for the whole time declared for. And Twisden said, these two cases were resolved : a tradesman brought an action in an Inferior Court for slandering of him in his trade, by which he lost his custom...
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