U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1823

Renner v. Howland

Renner v. Howland
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided November 15, 1823 · Thruston
2 D.C. 441; 20 F. Cas. 533; 2 Cranch 441
Renner v. Howland

Opinion of the Court

The Court (Thruston, J., absent,)

rejected the deposition of Bennett, taken on the part of the defendant, because the notice was unreasonable; it being given at noon to attend in Alexandria, between four and six o’clock the same evening; there being-no special circumstances stated to show the necessity of so short a notice; and the intention of the witness to go to sea being known to the .defendant many days before he gave the notice.

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