Case Name: PENNS v. INGRAHAM
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1811-01
Citations: 19 F. Cas. 176
Docket Number: 
Parties: PENNS v. INGRAHAM.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 19
Pages: 176–176

Head Matter:
Case No. 10,944.
PENNS v. INGRAHAM.
[2 Wash. C. C. 487.]
Circuit Court, D. Pennsylvania.
Jan., 1811.
Evidence — Deposition —Witness.
Depositions taken de bene esse, cannot be read in evidence, unless the party who offers them, shows that the witnesses were subpoenaed, and cannot attend.
[Cited in Wbitford v. Clark Co., 119 U. S. 525; 7 Sup. Ct. 308.]
In this case, the defendant offered in evidence, depositions taken before a judge of the common pleas, which were objected to, because taken de bene esse; and it does not appear that the witnesses were subpoenaed, and could not attend. The plaintiff not having traced a title to the lessors of the plaintiff, the court directed a nonsuit; but the parties agreed to withdraw a juror, and to continue.
Tilghman & Wallace, for plaintiff.
Mr. Lewis, for defendant.
[Originally published from the MSS. of Hon. Bushrod Washington, Associate Justice of the •Supreme Court of the United States, under the ■supervision of Richard Peters, Jr., Esq.]

Opinion:
Bi' THE COURT.
The objection is well taken, and the deposition cannot be read.