U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1804

Lindsay v. Twining

Lindsay v. Twining
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided December 15, 1804
15 F. Cas. 557; 1 Cranch 206
Lindsay v. Twining

Opinion of the Court

■ Mr. Woodward moved to reinstate the cause, upon the affidavit of Colonel D. C. Brent, that he had directed the clerk to enter him security, but the clerk had failed so to do. The clerk stated that Colonel Brent had, in his office, told him he would get security.

Motion refused; the term being passed, and the clerk having no light to judge of the sufficiency of the security offered. It should have been offei'ed to the court. The clerk was in no default.

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