Case Name: ROCKHILL v. HANNA
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1847-05
Citations: 20 F. Cas. 1073
Docket Number: 
Parties: ROCKHILL v. HANNA.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 20
Pages: 1073–1073

Head Matter:
Case No. 11,979.
ROCKHILL v. HANNA.
[4 McLean, 200.]
Circuit Court, D. Indiana.
May Term, 1847.
Trial — Oyer—Not is Possession.
The plaintiff is not bound to give oyer of an instrument, of which he is not in possession; and which is as accessible to the defendant as to the plaintiff.
[See Case No. 11,980.]
At law.
Mr. Morrison, for plaintiff.
Mr. Smith, for defendant.

Opinion:
OPINION OP
THE COURT.
The defendant prayed oyer of the bond, etc. But the court held that as the plaintiff was not in possession of the instrument, oyer could not be demanded. Parasset v. Gautier [Case No. 10,709], The action is not on the bond. No proferí is made of it. It is on file in the clerk's office and recorded by him, and equally accessible by both parties. The court, therefore, held that the plaintiff was not bound to give oyer.