District Court, District of Columbia, 1803

Offutt v. Parrott

Offutt v. Parrott
District Court, District of Columbia · Decided July 15, 1803 · Cranch, Kilty
1 D.C. 139
Offutt v. Parrott

Opinion of the Court

A rule was laid at December term, 1802, for security for costs. At the former sitting of this term, judgment of nonsuit nisi, was entered. Since the last sitting, Abner Cloud applied to the clerk’s office, and offered to become the security. Qumre, whether this is a compliance with the rule. The Court thought it was not; that it must be done in court.

Present, Kilty, C. J., and Cranch, J.

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