Case Name: Johnston v. Chapman & Alexander
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1811-11
Citations: 2 Cranch 32
Docket Number: 
Parties: Johnston v. Chapman & Alexander.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent,)
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: 32–32

Head Matter:
Johnston v. Chapman & Alexander.
In trespass one defendant cannot be a witness for the other, in a joint action, although they plead severally.
Assault and battery. The defendants severed in pleading, having been taken at different times.
Mr. Swann, for the defendant,
offered to examine the. defendant, Alexander, as a witness for Chapman, on the authority of the case of Piles v. Plum Sf Swann, decided yesterday.

Opinion:
But
the Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
refused, saying that the case decided yesterday is not to be considered as authority; the Court having since looked into the authorities cited in Loff's Gilbert, 250.