Case Name: Davis, Cope et al. v. James Marshall
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1804-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 173
Docket Number: 
Parties: Davis, Cope et al. v. James Marshall.
Judges: Cranch, J., did not sit in this case.
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: 173–173

Head Matter:
Davis, Cope et al. v. James Marshall.
A defendant, discharged under the insolvent law of Pennsylvania, may appear here and discharge an attachment without giving special bail. a
Attachment of goods under the Act of Assembly, 1795, e. 56.
Mr. Mason, for the defendant,
moved to appear without bail, so as to discharge the attachment. The debt was contracted in Maryland. The defendant removed to Pennsylvania, where his creditors arrested him, and he was released under the insolvent law of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sued in the General Court of Maryland. On producing the discharge, the General Court admitted an appearance without bail; and the plaintiffs struck off the suit there, and laid this attachment in the District of Columbia.
Mr.Morsell, for the plaintiffs,
objected, 1st. That the Act is not in force in this district. 2d. That the defendant'cannot dissolve the attachment without giving bail.

Opinion:
The Court
permitted defendant to appear .on filing common bail.
Cranch, J., did not sit in this case.