Case Name: HERBERT v. BANNATYNE et al.
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1810-11
Citations: 12 F. Cas. 3
Docket Number: 
Parties: HERBERT v. BANNATYNE et al.
Judges: (THEUSTUN, Circuit Judge,
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 12
Pages: 3–3

Head Matter:
Case No. 6,396.
HERBERT v. BANNATYNE et al.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 12.]
'Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1810.
EviDEKCE — SciT BT TRUSTEE OP INSOLVENT— Creditor as Witness.
In a suit by the trustee of an insolvent debtor, :a creditor of the insolvent is not a competent witness.
On the trial of an issue from chancery to ascertain for what sum the defendants could have sold a certain cargo of tobacco.
E. J. Lee, for complainant
[William Herbert, Jr., assignee of John Potts], offered W. Wilson as a witness.
Mr. Swann, for defendants
[Einlay Banna-tyne & Co.], objected that W. Wilson was a creditor of Potts, the insolvent, and was •therefore a cestui que trust, and as such directly interested in augmenting the fund.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(THEUSTUN, Circuit Judge,
.absent) decided that W. Wilson was not a competent witness.