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Case No. 13,028.
    SMITH et ux. v. CLARKE.
    [4 Cranch, C. C. 293.] 1
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    March Term, 1833.
    Pleading at Law — Proof—Variance—Due-Bill Made-to Wife — Before Marriage— During Coverture.
    A due-bill made to the wife during the cov-erture, and for a consideration accruing during the coverture, is not admissible evidence to support a declaration which avers that the due-bill was made dnm sola.
    The declaration stated that the due-bill, ' which was made to the wife, was made to her dum sola. The due-bill offered in evidence was given to her after the marriage, and during the coverture, for a consideration accruing during the coverture.
   The defendant objected to the evidence for the variance, and the objection was sustained by

THE COURT.

(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent.)