Case Name: RICKETTS et al. v. HENDERSON
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1818-11
Citations: 20 F. Cas. 756
Docket Number: 
Parties: RICKETTS et al. v. HENDERSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 20
Pages: 756–756

Head Matter:
Case No. 11,806.
RICKETTS et al. v. HENDERSON.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 157.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1818.
‘Judgment — Action- uros- — Personal Service.
A judgment against the principal debtor, in a foreign attachment in Pennsylvania, is not evidence, in the District of Columbia, of a debt due by that debtor.
Debt, on a judgment in Pennsylvania on a foreign attachment
Mr. Taylor, for defendant,
contended that as the judgment was rendered without any personal notice to the defendant, it was not even prima facie evidence of a debt. Robinson v. Ward’s Ex’rs, 8 Johns. 89; Kilbum v. Woodworth, 5 Johns. 87; and Buchannan’s Case, 9 East, 192.
Mr. Swann, for plaintiff.

Opinion:
THE COURT,
having taken time to consider, rendered judgment for the defendant, on the authority of the eases cited by the-defendant's counsel.