Case Name: GREEN et al. v. FRY
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1803-07
Citations: 10 F. Cas. 1109
Docket Number: 
Parties: GREEN et al. v. FRY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 10
Pages: 1109–1109

Head Matter:
Case No. 5,758.
GREEN et al. v. FRY.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 137.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
July Term. 1803.
Actioxs ox Judgments — Justice oe the Peace.
Indebitatus assumpsit lies upon the judgment of a justice of the peace.
Assumpsit [by Green & English] for the amount of two judgments given by a justice ■of tlie peace in May, 1801.
A. B. Woodward offered the warrants and judgments in evidence.
Mr. Baker, for defendant,
objected that the action ought to be debt; and that the judgments are not evidence in assumpsit.
Mr. Woodward, in reply. The judgments are not matter of record, and are good consideration for assumpsit.
At December term, 1803, judgment was rendered for the plaintiff.

Opinion:
KILTY, Chief Judge,
doubting. FITZHUGH, Circuit Judge, contra. CRANCH, Circuit Judge, clearly for the plaintiff.