Case Name: The Bank of Washington v. Kurtz
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1815-06
Citations: 2 Cranch 110
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Bank of Washington v. Kurtz.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 110–110

Head Matter:
The Bank of Washington v. Kurtz.
Parol evidence cannot be given of the contents of a letter from the notary public to the defendant, put into the post-office, without previous notice to the defendant to produce it.

Opinion:
The Court
refused to permit the notary public to give parol evidence of the contents of his letter to the defendant, who was the indorser of George Frank's promissory note, without previous notice to the defendant to produce the original letter, on the authority of Underwood v. Huddlestone, [ante, 76,] June term, 1813. Quare ?