Case Name: Tenny v. Densley & Burford
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-06
Citations: 1 Cranch 314
Docket Number: 
Parties: Tenny v. Densley & Burford.
Judges: (Duckett, 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: 1
Pages: 314–314

Head Matter:
Tenny v. Densley & Burford.
An insolvent debtor will be discharged from arrest for costs accrued partly before and partly after his discharge under the act.

Opinion:
Ca. sa. for costs on verdict at December term, 1805, for defendant, Tenny. On the 30th of September, 1805, Densley had been .discharged under the Insolvent Law of 1803, [2 Stat. at Large, 237,] by the 10th section of which, he is to- be discharged if taken on any process or any judgment for any debt, damages, or costs contracted, owing or growing due before his discharge. Part of these costs were growing due or were contracted before his discharge. The defendant, Densley, was discharged by the Coukt on that ground.
(Duckett, J., absent.)