Case Name: Elizabeth E. Mackbee v. Maria Griffith
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1822-10
Citations: 2 Cranch 336
Docket Number: 
Parties: Elizabeth E. Mackbee v. Maria Griffith.
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: 336–337

Head Matter:
Elizabeth E. Mackbee v. Maria Griffith.
A woman who keeps prostitutes for gain, cannot recover in an action against them for boarding and lodging.
Indebitatus assumpsit and quantum meruit, for boarding and lodging.
Mr. Jones, for the plaintiff,
did not object to the instruction.

Opinion:
The Court,
upon the motion of Mr. Key and Mr. Lear, for the defendant, instructed the jury, that if they should be satisfied by the evidence, that the plaintiff kept a bawdy-house, and that the defendant lived with her for the purposes of prostitution, and that the plaintiff was to derive any profit from the prostitution of the defendant, the plaintiff could not recover in that action.