Case Name: Simpson v. Legg
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1817-04
Citations: 2 Cranch 132
Docket Number: 
Parties: Simpson v. Legg.
Judges: (Thkuston, 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: 132–132

Head Matter:
Simpson v. Legg.
Judgment by'Motion, on notice, cannot be obtained upon a bond giren-to secure rent upon an attachment on a suggestion that the .tenant is about to remove.
Motion for judgment on a bond given to secure rent upon an attachment issued upon a suggestion that the tenant was about to .remove. (See Virginia Statute 29th November, 1792, >§> 8, p. 154.)
Mr. Swann, for the defendant.

Opinion:
The Act of Assembly does not authorize summary judgment on such a bond. .And so it was decided by the Court
(Thkuston, J., absent.)