Case Name: Whann v. Hall
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1810-06
Citations: 2 Cranch 4
Docket Number: 
Parties: Whann v. Hall.
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: 4–4

Head Matter:
Whann v. Hall.
The 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 plaintiff 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 for a new trial, if the verdict should be against the plaintiff.
Verdict for the plaintiff.