Case Name: Newton Keene v. J. W. Jackson
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1819-04
Citations: 2 Cranch 166
Docket Number: 
Parties: Newton Keene v. J. W. Jackson.
Judges: (Thruston, 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: 166–166

Head Matter:
Newton Keene v. J. W. Jackson.
An attachment for rent not due, is superseded by the tenant’s discharge under the insolvent law of the District of Columbia of the 3d of March, 1803, § 5.
This was an attachment for rent not due, under the Virginia Act of 29th November, 1792, <§. 8, p. 154.
Mr. Swann, for the plaintiff,
moved for judgment on the attachment. Since the attachment was served, and before the rent became due, the tenant, Jackson, was discharged under the Insolvent Law of the District of Columbia of 3d March, 1803.
Mr. Mason, for the trustee of Jackson’s effects,
objected that the attachment was superseded by the discharge of the tenant under the Insolvent Act, § 5.

Opinion:
And
the Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
being of that opinion, quashed the attachment.