Case Name: Drake and Barron v. Cleveland
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1826-12
Citations: 3 Cranch 3
Docket Number: 
Parties: Drake and Barron v. Cleveland.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 3
Pages: 3–4

Head Matter:
Drake and Barron v. Cleveland.
The oath to obtain an attachment under the Act of Maryland, 1795, c. 56, may be made by one of the copartners, and need not state that he is the acting partner, nor that the other partners were absent.
Attachment under the Maryland Act of 1795, c. 56.

Opinion:
The Coukt, (Morsell, J., contra.,) was of opinion that the oath made by one of the plaintiffs, who were copartners in merchandise, in the form required by the act, was sufficient to ground the warrant upon, although he did not state in his oath that he was the acting partner, nor that the other partners were absent.