U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1803

Foxall v. Levi

Foxall v. Levi
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided August 6, 1803
9 F. Cas. 644; 1 Cranch 139; 1803 U.S. App. LEXIS 337
Foxall v. Levi

Opinion of the Court

Upon which

THE COURT

refused to commit him in execution. The summons was simply signed by the commissioners, stating themselves as such. There was also a certificate that he did attend yesterday at Baltimore agreeably to his summons. See the bankrupt law of the 4th of April, 1800, § 22 [2 Stat 19], which declares That the bankrupt shall be free from arrest; and on producing the summons or notice under the hands of commissioners, shall be discharged, if arrested.

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