Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit March 21, 1900, No. 1,261 (Gentry v. United States)

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

One may not bring a suit for one cause of action, and recover judgment for another. A court can consider only what is in issue under (.lie pleadings. Averments without proofs, and proofs without averments, are unavailing. The judgment may not go beyond a determination of the issues presented by (he pleadings, nor beyond the scope and object of the prayers they contain.