— A plea puis darrein continuance admits the plaintiff’s cause of action, and even if the plea is established still the plaintiff is entitled to costs. It has the effect of displacing all other pleas and previous defences, and the party is obliged to stand on that alone. 10 Wend. 679; 1 Chitty, PI. 441; 2 Peters, 548; Stephen, PL 81, 83; 13 Peters, 152; Story, PL 53, 54. By operation of law the previous pleas are considered as stricken from the record, and every thing is confessed except the matter contested by the plea puis darrein continuance.
Wisdom v. Williams, 1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 460 (1846)
April 1846
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Arkansas Circuit Court
1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 460
William S. Wisdom vs. John W. Williams and Hugh A. Blevins.
A plea puis darrein continuance, admits the plaintiff’s cause of action, displaces all previous pleas and defences, and the defendant must stand on that alone.
April, 1846.
— Debt, before the Hon. Benjamin Johnson, district judge, holding the circuit court.
A. Fowler, for the plaintiff.
Daniel Dingo and F. W. Trapnall, for the defendants.