# Brown v. Herron

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · September 15, 1808 · 4 Yeates 560

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6309576

## Case

- **Full name:** William Brown, jun. assignee of Robert Willoughby against Joseph Herron
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** September 15, 1808
- **Citations:** 4 Yeates 560
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Per Ctiriam.
There can be no possible ground of distinction, either within the words of the rule, or the reason of the thing itself. The object of the rule was to guard against surprize; and if it was proper that notice of the special matter should be given, where part of the demand is disputed, it must be equally so where the defence goes in avoidance of the whole amount of the specialty.
Judgment affirmed.

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