Case Name: Sherrard v. Ponsonby; Johnson v. Ponsonby, ca. sa. cepi
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1803-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 131
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sherrard v. Ponsonby, Johnson v. Ponsonby, ca. sa. cepi.
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: 131–131

Head Matter:
Sherrard v. Ponsonby, Johnson v. Ponsonby, ca. sa. cepi.
An execution upon an exemplification from Maryland, against a person not resident, nor having property within the district of Columbia, will be quashed on motion.
Motion, by Mr. Gantt, for the defendant, to quash these executions, upon the defendant’s affidavit, that he is not and never was a resident of the District of Columbia, but now resides and for many years past has resided at Bladensburg, in the State of Maryland ; that he has not and never had any property, real or personal, in the District of Columbia.
The executions had issued upon exemplifications of judgments from Maryland, according to the 13th section of the Act concerning the District of Columbia, 27th of February, 1801. [2 Stat. at Large, 107.]

Opinion:
The Court,
nem. con., quashed the executions.