Case Name: Brown, Administrator of Smith, v. George Gilles
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1828-12
Citations: 3 Cranch 363
Docket Number: 
Parties: Brown, Administrator of Smith, v. George Gilles.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 3
Pages: 363–363

Head Matter:
Brown, Administrator of Smith, v. George Gilles.
A scire facias to revire a judgment, on confession for damages only, in an action of debt, cannot be amended, if it is conformable to the judgment; nor can the judgment be amended upon mil tiel record, in scire facias.
Mr. Wallach, for the defendant,
moved the Court to amend the original judgment and the scire facias, upon the plea of nul tiel record, and cited the following authorities : Brasioell v. Jeco, 9 East, 316; Patrick v. Wood, 3 Bibb, 232; Perkins v. Petit, 2 B.' P. 275; Bucksome v. Hoskin, 2 Lord Raym. 1057.
Mr. Key, contra.
The scire facias cannot be amended unless there be something to amend by. The scire facias is conformable to the judgment, which was confessed for damages only, in an action of debt. The issue is rml tiel record, but there is such a record of such a judgment. The scire facias is correct.

Opinion:
The Court awarded the execution.