Case Name: M'Causland, vs. Waller, sp. ba. of Lewis
Court: General Court of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 1801-09
Citations: 1 H. & J. 156
Docket Number: 
Parties: M‘Causland, vs. Waller, sp. ba. of Lewis.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the General Court and Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland, form 1800 ... [to 1826]
Volume: 1
Pages: 156–156

Head Matter:
GENERAL COURT, (E. S.)
SEPT. TERM, 1801.
M‘Causland, vs. Waller, sp. ba. of Lewis.
Ball to be discharged from a scire facias on motion, when the principal has been released under a bankrupt law.
Scire Facias to the present term, on a judgment rendered in this court against the principal.
J. Bayly, for the defendant,- produced a certificate of the discharge of Philo Lewis, under the bankrupt law of tiie United States, and moved that the defendant might he discharged from the scire facias as special bail of the said Lewis,'inasmuch as he could not arrest the principal, arid surrender him in consequence of the said certificate.
Bullitt, for the Plaintiff,

Opinion:
The Court thought it sufficient, and discharged the bad.