U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1802

Hodgson v. Turner

Hodgson v. Turner
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided March 15, 1802
12 F. Cas. 286; 1 Cranch 74
Hodgson v. Turner

Opinion of the Court

THE COURT,

on the authority of Brown v. Barry and Clarke v. Russel [supra], refused to give the instruction as prayed.

Mr. Gantt, for defendant, then produced a fieri- facias, issued last term and returnable to this, on a judgment obtained by the plaintiff against Bowie, the drawer of this bill; on which execution he stated the marshal had seized the goods of Bowie, but that they were not sold for want of buyers; and prayed the court to instruct the jury that this execution so levied, was a discharge of the in-dorser. Seld. Prac. 564.

THE COURT refused to give the instruction.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.