# Davis v. Wyer

> District Court, District of Columbia · December 15, 1808 · 1 D.C. 527

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7376378

## Case

- **Full name:** William Davis v. Uriah Wyer
- **Court:** District Court, District of Columbia
- **Decided:** December 15, 1808
- **Citations:** 1 D.C. 527
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Cranch
- **Judges:** Cranch
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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