Case Name: Buens v. Sim's Bail
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1813-06
Citations: 2 Cranch 75
Docket Number: 
Parties: Buens v. Sim’s Bail.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent,)
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: 75–75

Head Matter:
Buens v. Sim’s Bail.
If the principal has been discharged under the insolvent la-sv of Maryland, the bail will be discharged.
Upon a motion to exonerate the bail, the Court will not receive evidence of fraud in the principal in contracting the debt.
Mr. Law, for the defendant,
offered evidence of the discharge of the principal under the insolvent act of Maryland, and prayed an exonerelur of the bail.
Mr. Caldwell, for the plaintiff,
objected, and alleged fraud of the principal in contracting the debt with a view to insolvency.

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
was of opinion that fraud could not be examined into in this way, but that the certificate of discharge was conclusive, unless set aside in the manner provided for by the law of Maryland.