Case Name: Wilson's Administrator v. Robert Young
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1811-11
Citations: 2 Cranch 33
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wilson’s Administrator v. Robert Young.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent.)
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: 33–34

Head Matter:
Wilson’s Administrator v. Robert Young.
Parol evidence cannot be given of a transfer in writing, without proof of .the loss of ' the writing, or otherwise accounting for its non-production.
Assumpsit, on a policy on the ship Governor Strong, from Norfolk to Liverpool. To prove interest in Wilson, parol proof was offered that a transfer was made by Henderson to Wilson, to secure Wilson against his indorsement for Henderson. This transfer was by an instrument in writing.

Opinion:
The defendant's counsel objected that this testimony is not competent evidence without proof of the loss óf the instrument, or otherwise accounting for its non-production. And of that opinion was the Court.
(Thruston, J., absent.)