Document Type
Judgment
Publication Date
5-4-1787
Article Footnote
Article 2, footnote 286
Book Footnote
Chapter 10, footnote 6
Abstract
She (Lamson) was sued as admistratrix of her late husband’s estate for the balance due on a £50 note of hand after she had only been able to scrape together £27.15s. as a partial payment. She lost by default because the lawyer who was supposed to take care of it for her forgot about the matter.
Comments
In many situations, a legislative act was simply intended to relieve the litigant of the consequences of a procedural misfortune