Case Name: HODGSON v. MARINE INS. CO.
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1809-07
Citations: 12 F. Cas. 284
Docket Number: 
Parties: HODGSON v. MARINE INS. CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 12
Pages: 284–284

Head Matter:
Case No. 6,566.
HODGSON v. MARINE INS. CO.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 569.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
July Term, 1809.
Tender oe Issue — Previous Demurrer.
The court will not permit a defendant to tender an issue which he had refused to join, and to which he had demurred when tendered by the plaintiff; there having been judgment rendered against him by the supreme court on the demurrer.
[See Case No. 6,567.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
refused the ninth plea now offered by the' defendants, because the substance of it was tendered as an issue, by the plaintiff in a former stage of the suit, and rejected by the defendants, who chose to demur; and having had judgment against them in the supreme court on the demurrer, ought not now to be permitted to amend.