Case Name: Offutt v. Parrott
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1803-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 139
Docket Number: 
Parties: Offutt v. Parrott.
Judges: Present, Kilty, C. J., and Cranch, J.
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 139–139

Head Matter:
Offutt v. Parrott.
Security for costs cannot be given in the clerk’s office.

Opinion:
A rule was laid at December term, 1802, for security for costs. At the former sitting of this term, judgment of nonsuit nisi, was entered. Since the last sitting, Abner Cloud applied to the clerk's office, and offered to become the security. Qumre, whether this is a compliance with the rule. The Court thought it was not; that it must be done in court.
Present, Kilty, C. J., and Cranch, J.