Case Name: MILLER v. WHEATON et al.
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1812-06
Citations: 17 F. Cas. 365
Docket Number: 
Parties: MILLER v. WHEATON et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 17
Pages: 365–365

Head Matter:
Case No. 9,695.
MILLER v. WHEATON et al.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 41.] 1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
June Term, 1812.
Bail — Civil Case — Affidavit.
Affidavit to hold to bail.
P. S. Hey, for Briscoe, moved to enter his appearance for this defendant without bail. The plaintiff had filed, as his cause of action, a promissory note of Wheaton, and an affidavit by an indifferent witness that Briscoe acknowledged to him that he was a partner with Wheaton in the transaction and equally liable for the debt.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(PITZHUGH, Circuit Judge, absent) held it to be sufficient to hold Briscoe to bail.