Case Name: GUION v. M'CULLOUGH et al.
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1791-06
Citations: 11 F. Cas. 110
Docket Number: 
Parties: GUION v. M’CULLOUGH et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 11
Pages: 110–110

Head Matter:
Case No. 5,863.
GUION v. M’CULLOUGH et al.
[Brunner, Col. Cas. 1; 2 Mart. N. C. 78.]
Circuit Court, D. North Carolina.
June, 1791.
Writ in Action op Debt — Form.
A writ in debt “that they answer unto him of a plea of debt of one thousand dollars,” ]ield good on a demurrer to a plea in abatement that the writ did not run in the debet and _detinet.
Action on a bond. The writ was filled: up, “that they answer unto him of a plea of debt of one thousand dollars” (the penalty of the bond): plea in abatement because the writ did not run in the usual form, “in the debet and detinet": general demurrer.
Mr. Graham, for plaintiff.
Mr. Slade, for defendants.
[Reported by Albert Brunner, Esq., and here reprinted by permission.]

Opinion:
IREDELL, Circuit Justice, and SIT-GREAVES, .District Judge,
notwithstanding the pointed authority produced by Slade, overruled the plea. They held the writ was deemed sufficient because it agreed with the ac etiam clauses inserted in actions of debt in the bill of Middlesex, according to the English practice. Page v. Farmer, 2 Murph. 288, 1 N. C. Repos. 278.