Case Name: Stotesbury v. Covenhoven
Court: Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1786-03
Citations: 1 Dall. 164
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stotesbury v. Covenhoven.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 169–169

Head Matter:
Stotesbury v. Covenhoven.
Practice. — Depositions.

Opinion:
On an affidavit that the defendant was in confinement, and that material witnesses in his favor were about to leave the s7ate, The Court granted a rule to take their depositions, although the writ was not returnable until next term.
In Gilpin v. Semple, post, 251, the court seemed to doubt its authority to grant a rule to take depositions, before the return of the writ The practice in the courts of Philadelphia, however, has been uniform, in support of the authority. See 2 Dall. 78, 1 Yeates 404.