LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Henry Holden vs. Samuel Shove
Citation: 1 R.I. 287
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1850-03
Docket Number: 
Pages: 287–288
Volume: 1
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports

Parties: Henry Holden vs. Samuel Shove.

Henry Holden vs. Samuel Shove.
Of the attendance and fees of witnesses.
The plaintiff moved for a continuance on the ground of the absence of a principal witness and for a writ of attachment against the witness. The summons had been served upon the witness about a month since and fees for one day paid to him at that time. The defendant’s coun sel inquired, whether, in case of so early a summons and no subsequent payment of fees for attendance, the witness was liable to attachment.

Per curiam.
The- witness is bound to attend at the’ trial, unless he has given notice that he shall refuse to appear without payment of the fees due to him. In such? case the party must pay the fees due up to and upon the day when his testimony is required. As in this case the witness has absented himself not for such cause, the continuance must be granted and the writ issue.