Case Name: Muir v. Geiger
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 323
Docket Number: 
Parties: Muir v. Geiger.
Judges: (Duckett, 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: 1
Pages: 323–323

Head Matter:
Muir v. Geiger.
A receipt of a bond of a third person “ in part pay ” of a precedent debt is conclusive evidence of payment to that extent, although the obligor was insolvent- at the time of the receipt given.
Indebitatus assumpsit, for a desk and bookcase sold and delivered. The defendant produced a receipt from the plaintiff, for a bond of one Allison, for £16. 14s. 10j\d., “ in part pay on a desk and bookcase.”

Opinion:
The Court
(Duckett, J., absent,)
said it was conclusive evidence that the bond, was received in part payment, although the bond might have been unproductive, and Allison insolvent at the time.