Case Name: Nicholls v. Warfield
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1822-04
Citations: 2 Cranch 290
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nicholls v. Warfield.
Judges: (Thruston, 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: 290–290

Head Matter:
Nicholls v. Warfield.
-It is not competent for the plaintiff to give evidence of the defendant’s acknowledgment of the receipt of the goods mentioned in a certain account which had been delivered to the defendant, without haying first given notice to the defendant to produce the account.

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
refused to permit the plaintiff to give evidence of the defendant's acknowledgment of the receipt of goods charged in an account which had been delivered by the witness to the defendant, without having first given the defendant notice to produce it, although the witness held in his hand a copy of that account.