Case Name: WISE v. GROVERMAN
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1807-07
Citations: 30 F. Cas. 387
Docket Number: 
Parties: WISE v. GROVERMAN.
Judges: DUCKETT, Circuit Judge, absent.
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 30
Pages: 387–387

Head Matter:
Case No. 17,910.
WISE v. GROVERMAN.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 418.] 1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
July Term, 1807.
Right to Continuance.
If, after a plea of nil debet, by the appearance-bail, the principal comes in and gives special bail, and pleads the same plea, the plaintiff is entitled to a continuance of course.
There had been a plea of “owe nothing,” by the appearance-bail and issue. The principal defendant now came in, and gave special bail, and pleaded the same plea, “owe nothing.”
Mr. Jones, for plaintiff,
contended for a continuance, as a matter of course.
Mr. Youngs, for defendant,
cited the case of Alexander v. Patten [Case No. 171], where the court refused a continuance to the defendant, on account of the appearance of the administrator of the plaintiff.

Opinion:
But
THE COURT
thought the plaintiff entitled to a continuance of course, in the same manner as on setting aside a writ of inquiry, it being the default of the defendant that he did not appear before. Continued.
DUCKETT, Circuit Judge, absent.