Case Name: BROWN v. TONKIN
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-04
Citations: 4 F. Cas. 435
Docket Number: 
Parties: BROWN v. TONKIN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 4
Pages: 435–435

Head Matter:
Case No. 2,031.
BROWN v. TONKIN.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 85.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
April Term, 1802.
Landlord and Tenant — Lease—Validity.
A stamp is not necessary to an acknowledgment of having hired a house.
Debt, for rent. An acknowledgment, signed by the defendant, that he had hired the house for six months, at $100 per annum, payable quarterly, was offered in evidence.
Mr. Peacock, for defendant,
objected because the paper was not stamped.
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
adjudged the stamp to be unnecessary.