Case Name: Candee v. Goodspeed
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1804-11
Citations: 1 Cole. & Cai. Cas. 399
Docket Number: 
Parties: Candee v. Goodspeed.
Judges: 
Reporter: Coleman & Caines' Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 399–399

Head Matter:
Candee v. Goodspeed.
IN error on certiorari from a justice’s court. The plaintiff was a non-resident, and the suit commence^ by warrant.
The defendant, on account of the inevitable absence of a material witness, and after due diligence used to procure him, requested an adjournment for more than three days, offering the same security as is required by the 8th section of the ten pound act. The plaintiff refusing to consent to the delay, the justice, of his own authrity, adjourned over. This xvas alleged for error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The seventh section is too positix'e and peremptory to be got over. The justice had not any poxver to adjourn beyond the three days.