Case Name: Mandeville & Jamieson v. Nathaniel Washington
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-04
Citations: 1 Cranch 4
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mandeville & Jamieson v. Nathaniel Washington.
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: 4–4

Head Matter:
Mandeville & Jamieson v. Nathaniel Washington.
On a writ of inquiry the plaintiff’s oath may be given in evidence of the amount of his claim.
On writ of inquiry.

Opinion:
The Court
admitted an account supported by the plaintiff's affidavit to be given in evidence to the jury, it having been stated by some of the bar and admitted by all, that such has been the practice in the District Courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia.