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Case Ho. 10,004.
    NAILOR v. KEARNEY.
    [1 Cranch, C. C. 112.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    Dec. Term, 1802.
    Bonds — Payable in Instalments — Action After Failure to Pat First Instalment.
    Upon a bond conditioned to pay certain instal-ments, an action may be brought upon failure to pay the first instalment.
    Debt on a bond, conditioned to pay at three instalments, viz., 5th January, 5th April, and 5th July, 1802. Action brought on 17th March, 1802.
    Mr. Peacock, for defendant,
    demurred to the declifration, because there was no cause of action at the time the suit was brought. Taylor v. Foster, Cro. Eliz. 807; Beckwith v. Nott, Cro. Jae. 504; Milles v. Milles, Cro. Car. 241; Rudder v. Price, 1 H. Bl. 547; Esp. N. P. 205. . -
    
      
       [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]
    
   Judgment for the plaintiff on the demurrer.