Case Name: William Stone v. Edward Stone
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1816-06
Citations: 2 Cranch 119
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Stone v. Edward Stone.
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: 119–119

Head Matter:
William Stone v. Edward Stone.
The defendant npon non assumpsit, may give in evidence a former recovery of judgment against him upon an attachment in a court in 'Virginia; and such former judgment is a good bar to the action here.
Assumpsit, for money had and received.
The defendant, at the trial, upon non assumpsit, produced a record of a judgment by attachment against him, in Virginia, for the same cause of action, at the suit of the plaintiff, and prayed the Court to instruct the jury that if they were satisfied by the evidence that it was for the same cause of action, the plaintiff could not recover in this suit, which instruction the Court gave. (Thruston, J., absent.)
Mr. Wiley, for the plaintiff. Mr. Jones and Mr. Key, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Motion by the plaintiff's counsel, for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection of the jury by the Court. Refused.