Case Name: Sommerville v. French
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1807-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 474
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sommerville v. French.
Judges: (Duckett, 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: 1
Pages: 474–474

Head Matter:
Sommerville v. French.
The Court will send attachments into Maryland for witnesses who reside within one hundred miles of Washington, if they fail to attend according to summons.
W. W..'Berry having been summoned by the marshal of the District of Columbia, to attend as a witness for the plaintiff in this cause, and failing to attend when called, —

Opinion:
The Court,
on motion of Mr. Morsell, for the plaintiff, ordered an attachment, directed to the marshal of Maryland ; it being suggested that the witness resides in Maryland.
(Duckett, J., absent.)
Several other attachments were issued in the like case at this term.