Case Name: Ricketts et al. v. Henderson
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1818-11
Citations: 2 Cranch 157
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ricketts et al. v. Henderson.
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: 157–157

Head Matter:
Ricketts et al. v. Henderson.
A judgment against the principal debtor, in a foreign attachment in Pennsylvania, is not evidence, in the District of Columbia, of a debt due by that debtor.
Debt, on a judgment in Pennsylvania on a foreign attachment.
Mr. Taylor, for the defendant,
contended that as the judgment was rendered without any personal notice to the defendant, it was not even prima facie evidence of a debt. Robinson v. Ward, 8 Johns. 89 ; Kilburn v. Woodworth, 5 Johns. 37; and Buchan-nan's case, 9 East.
Mr. Sioann, for the plaintiff.

Opinion:
The Court,
having taken time to consider, rendered judgment for the defendant, on the authority of the cases cited by the defendant's counsel.