Opinion

Davis v. Wyer

  • 1 D.C. 527
Court
District Court, District of Columbia
Filed
Dec 15, 1808
Status
Published
Author
Cranch
On the bench
Cranch
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

The Court (nem. con.) on motion, quashed the attachment' There was no evidence that a copy of the short note had been set up at the court-house door, nor that the proofs exhibited to the •justice, were lodged with the clerk. The attachment was in the *528 name of W. Davis, but the assignment of the account was to "W. G. Davis. The handwriting of Todhunter was not proved.

Cranch, C. J.,

said the attachment must be in the name of the legal plaintiff.

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