Case Name: NAN et al. v. MOXLEY et al.
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1808-12
Citations: 17 F. Cas. 1147
Docket Number: 
Parties: NAN et al. v. MOXLEY et al.
Judges: (PITZHUGH, Circuit Judge, absent,)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 17
Pages: 1147–1148

Head Matter:
Case No. 10,007.
NAN et al. v. MOXLEY et al.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 523.)
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1808.
Slavery — Petition for Freedom — Affidavit to Support — By whom Made.:
The affidavit of a manumitted negro is sufficient ground for an order to issue a summons-returnable immediately upon a petition for .freedom.
Petition for freedom [by the negress .'Nan and children against D. Moxley and others]. Affidavit of the negro Charles, a manumitted negro, that his wife Nan (the petitioner), was about to be removed out of the District. '•
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
(PITZHUGH, Circuit Judge, absent,)
allowed a subpoena, returnable immediately, to answer the petition just filed by Mr. F. S. Key.