Case Name: Burns against Baker
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1799-07
Citations: 1 Johns. Cas. 134
Docket Number: 
Parties: Burns against Baker.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 160–160

Head Matter:
Burns against Baker.
On application of a prisoner to be discharged under the act “ for the relief of debtors with respect to the imprisonment of their persons,” it was he]d, that the inventory exhibited by the debtor must be stamped.
The defendant being brought up to be discharged under the “ act for the relief of debtors, with respect to the imprisonment of their persons,” it was objected, 1. That in the schedule annexed to his inventory, his arms were not specified.
2. That the inventory did not specify when the prisoner owned the articles mentioned in it. .
3. That- the prisoner was in custody in a suit for a breach of promise of marriage, which was a tart.
4. That the inventory was not stamped.
Zee, for the petitioner.-
Munro, contra.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The inventory ought to have been stamped. Though the other grounds of opposition are untenable, that objection is fatal.
Rule refused.