Case Name: BROWN v. GILLES
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1828-12
Citations: 4 F. Cas. 377
Docket Number: 
Parties: BROWN v. GILLES.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 4
Pages: 377–377

Head Matter:
Case No. 2,007.
BROWN v. GILLES.
[3 Cranch, C. C. 363.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1828.
Judgment — Scire Facias — Amendment.
A scire facias to revive a judgment, on confession for damages only, in an action of debt, cannot be amended, if it is conformable to the judgment; nor can the judgment be amended upon nul tiel record, in scire facias.
[At law. Brown, administrator of Smith, v. George Gilíes.
Motion to amend judgment and scire facias denied.]
Mr. Wallach, for the defendant,
moved the court to amend the original judgment and: the scire facias, upon the plea of nul tiel record, and cited the following authorities: Braswell v. Jeco, 9 East, 316; Patrick v. Woods, 3 Bibb, 232; Perkins v. Petit, 2 Bos. & P. 275; Bucksome v. Hoskin, 2 L. Raym. 1057.
Mr. Key, contra.
• The scire facias cannot be amended unless there be something to amend by. The scire facias is conformable-to the judgment, which was confessed for damages only, in an action of debt. The issue is nul tiel record, but there is such a record of such a judgment. The scire facias is correct.

Opinion:
THE COURT awarded the execution,