Case Name: Stephen Thatcher, Esq. Judge of Probate, versus Moses Lyman and Others
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1809-05
Citations: 4 Tyng 260
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stephen Thatcher, Esq. Judge of Probate, versus Moses Lyman and Others.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 198–198

Head Matter:
Stephen Thatcher, Esq. Judge of Probate, versus Moses Lyman and Others.
Practice. In an action on a probate bond, the Court do not grant oyer of the original bond, but order a copy to be furnished the defendants.
This was an action of debt on a probate bond. The defendants prayed oyer of the bond.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We cannot give you oyer of the original bond. That remains still in the office of the register of probate, and is not to be brought into Court, unless upon trial of the general issue, non est factum In all other cases a copy is sufficient. Let a copy be furnished the defendants .
Surely the defendant is entitled to oyer, if the bond is to be produced.