Case Name: UNITED STATES v. MONTGOMERY
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1795
Citations: 26 F. Cas. 1296
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. MONTGOMERY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 26
Pages: 1296–1296

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,799.
UNITED STATES v. MONTGOMERY.
[2 Dall. 335.]
Circuit Court, D. Pennsylvania.
1795.
Attachment—By Whom to he Served.
An attachment being awarded against the witnesses, who did not attend at the return of the subpoena that had issued in this cause on the part of the defendant, the marshall (Nichols) suggested that they resided in a distant county, and asked the opinion of the court, whether it was his duty to serve the process.
[Reported by A. J. Dallas, Esq.]

Opinion:
BY THE COURT.
An attachment is the process of the court, regularly issuing for the administration of justice; and, therefore, must be served by the marshall.