Travers v. Hight

said it was not sufficient. It was neither a positive affidavit that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in a certain sum ; nor was it such an affidavit as made the account evidence per se, under the Act of Assembly of Maryland, 1729, c. 20, ■§> 9, according to the rule in the case of Smith et al. v. Watson, at June term, 1806, in Washington, [1 Crunch, C. C. 311.]