Case Name: RIDGWAY v. GHEQUIER
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-04
Citations: 20 F. Cas. 766
Docket Number: 
Parties: RIDGWAY v. GHEQUIER.
Judges: KILTY, Chief Judge, doubting.
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 20
Pages: 766–766

Head Matter:
Case No. 11,816.
RIDGWAY v. GHEQUIER.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 87.] 1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
April Term, 1802.
Assumpsit — General Issue — Record op Former Judgment.
A record of a former judgment between the same parties, upon the same cause of action, may be given in evidence on non assumpsit.
[Cited in New York, L. E. & W. R. Co. v. McHenry, 17 Fed. 418.]
Assumpsit, non assumpsit, and issue.

Opinion:
THE COURT
permitted the defendant to give in evidence, on the general issue, the record of a former judgment between the same parties on the same cause of action. [See Case No. 11,813].
KILTY, Chief Judge, doubting.