Case Name: WHANN v. HALL
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1810-06
Citations: 29 F. Cas. 853
Docket Number: 
Parties: WHANN v. HALL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 29
Pages: 853–854

Head Matter:
Case Wo. 17,478.
WHANN v. HALL.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 4.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
June Term, 1810.
Evidence — Subsciubing Witnesses.
Testimony of the subscribing witness cannot be dispensed with, although he resides in (Massachusetts.
The plaintiff offered in evidence a receipt, to which there was a subscribing witness.

Opinion:
THE COURT
refused to receive other evidence of the handwriting, although the plain tiff proved that the subscribing witness resided in Massachusetts, and had not been in the district since the last term.
But THE COURT said they would hear a motion íor a new trial, if the verdict should be against the plaintiff.
Verdict for the plaintiff.