Case Name: Renner v. Howland
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1823-11
Citations: 2 Cranch 441
Docket Number: 
Parties: Renner v. Howland.
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: 441–441

Head Matter:
Renner v. Howland.
The Court will reject a deposition, if the notice has not been reasonable.
Notice given at noon to take a deposition between four and six o’clock of the same evening, is not reasonable, if there be no special circumstances to prevent an earlier notice.
Mr. Jones and Mr. Swann, for the plaintiff. .
Mr. Taylor, for the defendant.

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
rejected the deposition of Bennett, taken on the part of the defendant, because the notice was unreasonable; it being given at noon to attend in Alexandria, between four and six o'clock the same evening; there being-no special circumstances stated to show the necessity of so short a notice; and the intention of the witness to go to sea being known to the .defendant many days before he gave the notice.