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

Case No. 12,300.
    SANDERSON v. SERAT.
    [5 Cranch, C. C. 485.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    Nov. Term, 1838.
    Bail in Civil Case — Uncertain Damages.
    In actions on the case for uncertain damages, the court vvill mitigate the bail, according to circumstances.
    Case [by Caroline H. Sanderson against John H. Serat] for breach of promise of marriage; damages laid at $10,000. The plaintiff made affidavit that she had sustained damages to that amount.
   THE COURT,

after examining into the circumstances of the defendant, required the bail to justify only to the amount of $1,000.