Case Name: Thompson v. Carbery
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1811-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 35
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thompson v. Carbery.
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: 35–35

Head Matter:
Thompson v. Carbery.
A surety in a replevin-bond is not a competent witness for the plaintiff in replevin, although he has an indemnifying bond.

Opinion:
Replevin. Ignatius Middleton, one of the sureties in the re-plevin-bond, being sworn in chief, and asked if he was interested in the cause, said he was not. He was then examined and cross-examined. It was afterward discovered by the defendant's counsel that he was a surety in the replevin-bond. He acknowledged himself to be the person, but said he had a bond of indemnification, which he produced. The plaintiff then called him again, to examine him further. The defendant objected, and the Court refused to suffer him to be further examined ; and told the jury that what he had already testified was not evidence.