Case Name: Thorpe & Burton v. William Simmons
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1819-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 195
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thorpe & Burton v. William Simmons.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 195–195

Head Matter:
Thorpe & Burton v. William Simmons.
In taking ex parte depositions under tke Act of Congress, the requisites of the act must be strictly pursued.

Opinion:
The Court
(nem. con.) rejected a deposition taken under the Act of Congress of 1789, [1 Stat. at Large, 73,] because the magistrate certified that the form (not "the same" which are words of the act,) was reduced to writing by him, and signed by the witness.