Brown v. Van Braam

Brown v. Van Braam

Argued February 9–10, 1797
Decided February 13, 1797
Full case name Brown v. Van Braam
Citations

3 U.S. 344 (more)

Court membership
Chief Justice
Oliver Ellsworth

Brown v. Van Braam, 3 U.S. 344 (1797), was a United States Supreme Court case holding that: "Under the practice of the courts of Rhode Island, as adopted by the judiciary act, (1 U. S. Stats, at Large, 73,) the entry of a default, after a plea of the general issue, no similar being on the record, does not operate a discontinuance, and a judgment on the default is valid. Under the same practice the court may assess the damages in an action of assumpsit on a foreign bill payable in pounds sterling. Interest on affirmance is to be calculated on the aggregate sum of principal and interest in the judgment below, to the time of affirmance, but no further.."[1]

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References

  1. ↑ Reports of decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: with notes, and a digest, Volume 1 (Little, Brown, and Co., 1870) pg. 254 http://books.google.com/books?id=NEQPAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s


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