Case Name: Hoffman, et al. vs. Prout
Court: General Court of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 1798-05
Citations: 4 H. & McH. 165
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hoffman, et al. vs. Prout.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maryland reports, being a series of the most important law cases argued and determined in the Provincial Court and Court of Appeals of the then province of Maryland, from the year 1700 [i.e. 1658] down to the [end of 1799]
Volume: 4
Pages: 165–165

Head Matter:
GENERAL COURT,
MAY TERM, 1798.
Hoffman, et al. vs. Prout.
In this case the writ issued directed to the sheriff of Montgomery county, and eepi was returned thereon. The defendant, at the return day of the writ, produced an affidavit, stating «that he novv is, and for 12 months last passed has been, an inhabitant of Prince-George’ü county.”
Mason, for the defendant,
then moved the court that the defendant be discharged from the arrest by the sheriff <if Montgomery county, in virtue of the writ to him directed, and cited the act of 1790, ch. 43, s. 14, 15.
Smith and Brice, for the plaintiff.

Opinion:
The Genebai Court discharged the. defendant, accordingly, with costs.