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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Case No. IS,508.
    STOVER v. DENSLEY.
    [1 Cranch, C. C. 267.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    Dec. Term, 1805.
    Appearance — Insolvency—Discharge.
    Qusere, whether a defendant, discharged under the insolvent law, after arrest on a capias ad respondendum, and before the return, can be compelled to appear.
    Assumpsit. The capias was returned “cepi —discharged under insolvent law.”
    Mr. Sprigg, for plaintiff,
    objected to the re-
    turn without an appearance.
   THE COURT

thought he could not compel an appearance; but gave him leave to move it again.