Case Name: McDonald & Holmes v. Jane White
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1803-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 149
Docket Number: 
Parties: McDonald & Holmes v. Jane White.
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: 149–149

Head Matter:
McDonald & Holmes v. Jane White.
After the year has elapsed, execution cannot issue here upon a judgment in Maryland, without a scire facias, notwithstanding the 13th section of the Act of Congress of. 27th Eeb. 1801.
Motion by Mr. Peacock to quash a ca. sa.
The judgment was rendered in Montgomery County Court in Maryland, in March, 1800. No execution issued in Montgomery. The transcript was brought into this Court and the ca. sa. issued 29lh September, 1803. By the Act of Congress of 27th February, 1801, $ 13, [2 Stat. at Large, 107,] upon a transcript of the proceedings and judgment in Maryland filed, execution may issue here and shall be proceeded on in the same manner as if the judgment had been rendered here. But an execution, could not issue upon such a judgment obtained here, without a scire facias.
Execution quashed with costs.

Opinion:
Ckanch, J.,
declined giving an opinion, having been counsel for the plaintiff in the original action in Montgomery county.