Case Name: Beck v. Jones
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 347
Docket Number: 
Parties: Beck v. Jones.
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: 347–347

Head Matter:
Beck v. Jones.
If a writ of inquiry be set aside at the trial-term, the plaintiff is entitled to a continuance of the cause, until the next term at tlie defendant’s costs.
Writ of inquiry set aside, and not guilty pleaded at the present term, when the cause was first called for trial. The cause was then postponed without either party having offered ready for trial; 'when called again for trial, Mr. Jones, for the plaintiff, insisted on a continuance, ilfr. Sioann, for the defendant, contended that the plaintiff ought to pay the costs of the postponement.

Opinion:
But the Court
directed the cause to be continued at the costs of the defendant ; he being in default until the present term.