Case Name: Frazier v. Lomax
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 328
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frazier v. Lomax.
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: 328–328

Head Matter:
Frazier v. Lomax.
Upon .executing a writ of inquiry upon a judgment by default, the jury must find at least one mill in damages.
Upon the execution of a writ of inquiry.
Mr. Youngs, for the plaintiff,
said the practice was to find a cent, without any evidence, the default having admitted something to be due. *

Opinion:
The Court
instructed the jury that they might and ought to find the smallest possible sum due, which was one mill, being the smallest money of account known in the United States. Verdict accordingly.