Case Name: Morgan v. Voss
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 109
Docket Number: 
Parties: Morgan v. Voss.
Judges: Cranch, J., doubting;
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: 109–109

Head Matter:
Morgan v. Voss.
If at the last calling of a cause for trial, the issue he not made up, and no rule to plead has been laid, the court will continue the cause at the request of the defendant, although it be the fifth term after the appearance term. ✓
Case. This was the fifth term after the appearance term. A rule to declare had been laid on the plaintiff at the last term. The declaration was filed at this term. No rule to plead had been laid. The cause was now called for trial, it being the last time of calling the cause, according to the rule of the court.
The plaintiff insisted upon plea and issue instanter.
The defendant contended for a continuance.

Opinion:
The Court
continued it.
Cranch, J., doubting;
thinking the plaintiff ought to be nonsuit under the Act of Assembly of Maryland.