Case Name: VOWELL v. LYLES
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-07
Citations: 28 F. Cas. 1306
Docket Number: 
Parties: VOWELL v. LYLES.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 28
Pages: 1306–1306

Head Matter:
Case No. 17,020.
VOWELL v. LYLES.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 329.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
July Term, 1806.
Office Judgments—Vacating. '
To set aside an office judgment, the court will not permit the defendant to plead specially, matter which may be given in evidence upon the general issue.
[Cited in Patton v. Violett, Case No. 10,839.]
[See Case No. 17,021.]
Assumpsit against indorser of a promissory note.
Mr. Youngs, to set aside the office judgment, offered to plead, 1. Non assumpsit. 2. That the maker had, at the time of the institution of the suit, more property in his hands than would have, discharged the debt. 3. That no consideration passed from plaintiff to defendant.

Opinion:
THE COURT
refused to receive the two last pleas, because the facts, if they amounted to a defence, may be given in evidence under the general issue.