Case Name: Fenwick v. Voss
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 106
Docket Number: 
Parties: Fenwick v. Voss.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 106–106

Head Matter:
Fenwick v. Voss.
When a cause is continued at the costs of a party, no execution can issue for them. The proper remedy, if they are not paid, is an attachment of contempt.
Fieri facias for costs.
Mr. Hewitt
obtained a rule to show cause why this execution should not be quashed and the money restored to Voss. The action had been continued at the costs of Voss at a former term, and before final judgment in the cause Mr. Peacock, for the plaintiff, had ordered this execution for those costs.

Opinion:
Rule absolute, the Court being of opinion that an execution could not be issued without a judgment, but that the remedy, in such cases, is by attachment of contempt, if the costs are not paid upon demand.