Case Name: Porter v. Rapine
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1812-06
Citations: 2 Cranch 47
Docket Number: 
Parties: Porter v. Rapine.
Judges: (Fitziiuoh, J., absent,)
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: 47–47

Head Matter:
Porter v. Rapine.
A creditor may give a credit upon his account so as to give jurisdiction to a justice of the peace.
Appeal from a justice of the peace. Rapine had a demand on Porter for $26.85,; he gave credit for $6.85 and warranted Porter for $20, and obtained judgment for $20 and costs. Porter appealed and contended that Rapine had no right to release part of the debt so as to give jurisdiction to a justice of the peace. It did not appear that he objected to the credit before the justice.

Opinion:
The Court
(Fitziiuoh, J., absent,)
affirmed the judgment.