# Oliver v. Decatur

> U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · March 15, 1834 · 18 F. Cas. 656

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8315867

## Case

- **Full name:** Robert Oliver v. Susan Decatur
- **Court:** U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
- **Decided:** March 15, 1834
- **Citations:** 18 F. Cas. 656; 4 D.C. 461; 4 Cranch 461
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Contrá, Thruston
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

But the Court
(ThRUston, J., contrá,)
refused to give the instruction.
(See Comyn on Usury, 87, 147; 1 Bulstrode, 17; 2 Salk. 449; 1 Ch. Ca. 258; Brown v. Barkham, 1 P. W. 652; Thornhill v. Evans, 1 Atk. 330; Morgan v. Mather, 2 Ves. Jr. 15; Waring v. Cunliffe, 1 Id. 99.)
Verdict for plaintiff, $7,558.

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