U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1814

Davies v. Davies's

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided November 15, 1814 · Thruston

2 D.C. 105; 7 F. Cas. 44; 2 Cranch 105

Opinion of the Court

The Court (Thruston, J., absent,)

permitted the evidence to go to the jury, not as conclusive, but primá facie evidence of the execution of the bond.

The Court also permitted Isaac Entwirtle to be examined as a witness for the defendant, although he was her surety in her administration bond; on the authority of the case in Esp. N. P. 163, and the case of Carter v. Pearce, 1 T. R. 163. See also Craig v. Reintzel, post.

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