Case Name: HENRY v. CORNELIUS et ux.
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-07
Citations: 11 F. Cas. 1178
Docket Number: 
Parties: HENRY v. CORNELIUS et ux.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 11
Pages: 1178–1179

Head Matter:
Case No. 6,380.
HENRY v. CORNELIUS et ux.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 37.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
July Term, 1801.
Bail — Feme Covert.
Bail cannot be required of a feme covert in a civil action.
Actions on the case.
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
decided that a feme covert could not be held to bail in a civil action.