Case Name: Smoot v. Lee
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1824-04
Citations: 2 Cranch 459
Docket Number: 
Parties: Smoot v. Lee.
Judges: 
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: 459–459

Head Matter:
Smoot v. Lee.
In an action against the surety in a prison-bounds bond, the defendant will not be permitted to adduce evidence that the principal (the debtor) was insolvent, and therefore tlie plaintiff sustained no damage.'
Debt on a prison-bounds bond given by W. Wise, who broke the bounds.
Mr. Wallach, for the defendant,
(the surety,) offered evidence to prove that Wise was insolvent when the bond was given; and therefore the plaintiff had suffered no damage by the breach of the condition of the bond.

Opinion:
But the Court {nem. con.) rejected the evidence.