U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1808

Payen v. Hodgson

Payen v. Hodgson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided July 15, 1808 · Duckett
19 F. Cas. 11; 1 Cranch 508
Payen v. Hodgson

Opinion of the Court

The written order for issuing the writ, was to issue it in the name of Thomas Pays on, but by mistake of the clerk, it issued in'the name of Thomas Payen. The written order was filed in the clerk’s office. The defendant had given bail, and pleaded a misnomer in abatement

Mr. Taylor, for plaintiff, moved for leave to amend; which THE COURT refused, unless upon payment of costs and discharging the bail.

DUCKETT, Circuit Judge, absent.

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