Case Name: STETTINIUS v. ORME
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1833-11
Citations: 22 F. Cas. 1321
Docket Number: 
Parties: STETTINIUS v. ORME.
Judges: (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent),
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 22
Pages: 1321–1321

Head Matter:
Case No. 13,386.
STETTINIUS v. ORME.
[4 Cranch, C. C. 342.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1833.
Bail in Civil Case — Affidavit—Slander.
It is not a valid objection, to an affidavit to-hold to bail in slander, that the plaintiff therein states that he is credibly informed and verily believes that the defendant spoke the words; the affidavit being positive that the plaintiff had sustained damage thereby to the amount of $5,000.
[This was an action for slander, by Samuel Stettinius against W. C. Orme.] Affidavit filed with the declaration before the writ was issued.
Mr. Wallaeh moved for leave to appear without bail, because the affidavit was not positive that the defendant spoke the words charged.

Opinion:
But the affidavit was deemed sufficient by
THE COURT
(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent),
although it only stated that the plaintiff was credibly informed and verily believed that the defendant spoke the words; the affidavit being positive that the plaintiff had sustained damage by the speaking of the words to the amount of $5,000.