Case Name: Miller v. Wheaton & Briscoe
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1812-06
Citations: 2 Cranch 41
Docket Number: 
Parties: Miller v. Wheaton & Briscoe.
Judges: (Fitzhugh, 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: 41–41

Head Matter:
Miller v. Wheaton & Briscoe.
Affidavit to hold to hail.
Mr. F. S. Key, for Briscoe,
moved to enter his appearance for this defendant without bail. The plaintiff had filed, as his cause of action, a promissory note of Wheaton, and an affidavit by an indifferent witness that Briscoe acknowledged to him that he was a partner with Wheaton in the transaction and equally liable for the debt.

Opinion:
The Court
(Fitzhugh, J., absent,)
held it to be sufficient to hold Briscoe to bail.