Case Name: STOVER v. DENSLEY
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1805-12
Citations: 23 F. Cas. 190
Docket Number: 
Parties: STOVER v. DENSLEY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 23
Pages: 190–190

Head Matter:
Case No. IS,508.
STOVER v. DENSLEY.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 267.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1805.
Appearance — Insolvency—Discharge.
Qusere, whether a defendant, discharged under the insolvent law, after arrest on a capias ad respondendum, and before the return, can be compelled to appear.
Assumpsit. The capias was returned “cepi —discharged under insolvent law.”
Mr. Sprigg, for plaintiff,
objected to the re-
turn without an appearance.

Opinion:
THE COURT
thought he could not compel an appearance; but gave him leave to move it again.