Case Name: Carter's Heirs v. I. B. Cutting & Wife
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1812-11
Citations: 2 Cranch 58
Docket Number: 
Parties: Carter’s Heirs v. I. B. Cutting & Wife.
Judges: (Thurston, J., absent,)
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 58–59

Head Matter:
Carter’s Heirs v. I. B. Cutting & Wife.
An issue, sent by the Orphans’ Court to this Court, to try the validity of a will, cannot be removed to the other county, under the Act of Congress of the 24th of June, 1812, § 8.
An issue was sent by the Orphans’ Court of this county, to this Court, to try the question devisavit vel non.
Mr. R. J. Taylor, for the defendant,
made a motion to change the venue to Washington County, founded upon the defendant’s affidavit of partiality and general prejudice in this county. This motion was made under the Act of Congress [2 Stat. at Large, 757,] of the 24th of June, 1812, § 8, “to amend the laws within the District of Columbia.”

Opinion:
The Court,
however,
(Thurston, J., absent,)
was of opinion that it was not a case which could be transferred to another county under that act. (See, also, Alexander v. Wise, May terra, 1844.)