Case Name: George Murray v. Henry R. Dulany
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1828-11
Citations: 3 Cranch 343
Docket Number: 
Parties: George Murray v. Henry R. Dulany.
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: 343–343

Head Matter:
George Murray v. Henry R. Dulany.
In assault and battery, the plaintiff,-being a mulatto, cannot, at the trial upon the , general issue, be compelled to prove his freedom.
Assault and Battery. The plaintiff was a mulatto. Mr. Wise, for the defendant, contended that the plaintiff should prove his freedom.

Opinion:
But the Court (Morsell, J., absent,) said, that the defendant had waived the objection to the person of the plaintiff by-pleading the general issue.