Case Name: Lingan v. Bayley
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 112
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lingan v. Bayley.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 112–112

Head Matter:
Lingan v. Bayley.
The Court will not commit a bankrupt for want of bail, who has surrendered to the commissioners, and whose examination is not closed, although the forty-two days have expired.
The bail surrendered the defendant, and the plaintiff prayed that he might be committed.
The defendant was declared bankrupt, on the 21st of August, 1802, and on the 2d of September he surrendered himself to the commissioners. The examination is not yet closed, although the forty-two days have expired. Bayley has appealed from the decision of the commissioners.

Opinion:
The Court
refused to commit the defendant.
Cooper's B. L. 175 and 343, was cited.