Case Name: GARDNER v. LINDO
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-03
Citations: 9 F. Cas. 1191
Docket Number: Case No. 5,231
Parties: GARDNER v. LINDO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 9
Pages: 1191–1192

Head Matter:
Case No. 5,231.
GARDNER v. LINDO.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 78.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
March Term, 1802.
Mr. Mason, for defendant,
Mr. Woodward, for plaintiff.
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]
[Reversed in 1 Cranch (5 U. S.) 343.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
refused to admit the act of limitations to be given in evidence. See [Lindo v. Gardner] 1 Cranch [5 U. S.] 343; [note B., Append.] Id. 402, 405. After verdict for the plaintiff, it was moved, in arrest of judgment, 1st, That debt will (not lie on a promissory note. 2d, That it does not appear that letters of administration were granted to the plaintiff. 3d, That the action is in the debet and detinet.
THE COURT, at a subsequent term, decided that debt would lie on a promissory note, and that the other two objections were too late after verdict.