Case Name: The Potomac Company v. E. Gilman
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1821-05
Citations: 2 Cranch 243
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Potomac Company v. E. Gilman.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 243–243

Head Matter:
The Potomac Company v. E. Gilman.
A corporation aggregate, whose president and treasurer reside in this district, cannot be compelled to give security for costs, as being non-resident plaintiffs.
The defendant had obtained a rule on the plaintiffs to give security for cosjjs under the Act of Virginia of the 19th of December, 1792, § 23. The clerk objected to swearing ihe jury until security should be given.

Opinion:
The Court,
without argument, decided (nem. con.) that the rule could not be laid in such a case. The president and treasurer of the company reside in this district, and the company may be sued here.