Case Name: United States v. George Deneale
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 34
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. George Deneale.
Judges: 
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: 34–34

Head Matter:
United States v. George Deneale.
The register of the Orphans’ Court in Alexandria is entitled to the custody of the record boohs of wills, of the late Court of Hustings.
Mandamus nisi, commanding the defendant to deliver to Cleon Moore, register of the Orphans’ Court, the records of wills, &e., remaining in the hands of Deneale as late clerk of the Court of Hustings for the town of Alexandria. The return denied the right of Moore to the custody of those papers. The following acts were cited: Supplement to the Act of Congress concerning the District of Columbia, March 3, 1801, <§> 3 [2 Stat. at Large, 115]; the 6th see. of the Act of Virginia respecting the District Courts, Dec. 12,1792, Rev. Co. p. 70 ; 8th sec. of Act of Virginia, respecting the General Court, Dec. 13,1792, Rev. Co. 70 ; 1785, p. 45, concerning'Wills, &c.; 1792, § 10, concerning Wills, and 12th sec. of the Act of Congress concerning the District of Columbia, Feb. 27, 1801, [2 Stat. at Large, 103.]

Opinion:
Peremptory madamus ordered.