Case Name: Emmerson v. Beale
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1822-10
Citations: 2 Cranch 349
Docket Number: 
Parties: Emmerson v. Beale.
Judges: 
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: 349–349

Head Matter:
Emmerson v. Beale.
Costs must share the fate of the principal debt.
A debtor whose person is discharged under the Insolvent Act of the District of Columbia, as to the debt, is not liable to a ca. sa. for costs, on a judgment for costs, confessed after his discharge in an action pending at the time of his discharge.
Motion to quash a ca. sa. issued against the defendant for costs on a judgment confessed for costs, after his discharge under the Insolvent Act of this district, in an action pending at the time of his discharge.

Opinion:
The Court
(nem. con.) said that the costs must share the fate of the principal debt; and ordered the ca. sa. to be quashed.