Case Name: Alricks v. Slater & al.
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-03
Citations: 1 Cranch 72
Docket Number: 
Parties: Alricks v. Slater & al.
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: 72–73

Head Matter:
Alricks v. Slater & al.
The court will not permit a plea to the merits to he Withdrawn to enable the defendant to demur specially.
Debt ; plea, payment; replication and issue.
The defendant Slater only was taken. The penal bill upon which the action was brought, was signed “ David Slater & Co.” and a seal.
Gantt, for the defendant,
moved for leave to withdraw his plea of payment, and demur to the declaration; because a seal affixed for David Slater &-Co., by one only of the partners, is the seal of him only who affixed it.

Opinion:
The Couet
refused.