Case Name: FARMERS' & MECHANICS' BANK v. MELVIN et al.
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1825-05
Citations: 8 F. Cas. 1029
Docket Number: Case No. 4,656
Parties: FARMERS’ & MECHANICS’ BANK v. MELVIN et al.
Judges: (MORSELL, Circuit Judge,
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 8
Pages: 1029–1029

Head Matter:
Case No. 4,656.
FARMERS’ & MECHANICS’ BANK v. MELVIN et al.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 614.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
May Term, 1825.
J. Dunlop, for the other creditors,
Mr. Marbury, contra,
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

Opinion:
But
THE COURT
(MORSELL, Circuit Judge,
not sitting) decided that as there was no time when the administrator could plead it, and as the act is peremptory, the judgment must be taken, prima facie, to be void; and rejected the claim.