Case Name: Samuel Hilton v. Joseph W. Beck
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1830-12
Citations: 4 Cranch 107
Docket Number: 
Parties: Samuel Hilton v. Joseph W. Beck.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 4
Pages: 107–107

Head Matter:
Samuel Hilton v. Joseph W. Beck.
In replevin, the defendant, (a constable who had seized the goods of the plaintiff in execution as the goods of Harrington,) was permitted to testify for himself, upon being indemnified by the plaintiff in the execution.
Replevin, for goods of the plaintiff, taken by the defendant, a constable, as the goods of one Harrington, upon a fieri facias against him.
Mr. Wallach, for the plaintiff. ■
Mr. Coxe, for the defendant.

Opinion:
The defendant, Beck, was permitted by the Court to testify for himself, upon being indemnified by the plaintiff in the fieri facias.
See the case of Wise v. Bowen, in this Court, at April term, 1821, [2 Cranch, C. C. 239,] arid Dixon v. Waters, at December term, 1824, Id. 527.