Case Name: WHITE v. PERRIN
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-01
Citations: 29 F. Cas. 1025
Docket Number: 
Parties: WHITE v. PERRIN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 29
Pages: 1025–1025

Head Matter:
Case No. 17,555.
WHITE v. PERRIN.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 50.]
Circuit Court. District of Columbia.
Jan. Term, 1802.
CONTRIBUTION BY SURETY.
Judgment will not be rendered on motion of one surety against another, unless the insolvency of the principal be fully proved.

Opinion:
Motion by White, under the act of assembly, Rev. Code, 292, for judgment against Perrin as a co-surety for Miller: Kennedy, the creditor, having recovered judgment for the whole debt against White.
Refused, because the insolvency of Miller was not fully proved.