Case Name: DAVIS et al. v. MARSHALL
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1804-07
Citations: 7 F. Cas. 141
Docket Number: 
Parties: DAVIS et al. v. MARSHALL
Judges: CRANCH, Circuit Judge, did not sit. in this case.
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 7
Pages: 141–141

Head Matter:
Case No. 3,641.
DAVIS et al. v. MARSHALL
[1 Cranch, C. C. 173.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
July Term, 1804.
Special Bail—When Require».
A defendant, discharged under the insolvent law of Pennsylvania, may appear here and discharge an attachment without giving special bail.
Attachment of goods under the act of assembly, 1795, c. 56.
Mr. Mason, for the defendant,
moved to appear without bail, so as to discharge the attachment. The .debt was contracted in Maryland. The defendant removed to Pennsylvania, where his creditors arrested him, and he was released under the insolvent law of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sued in the general court of Maryland. On producing the discharge, the general court admitted an appearance without bail; and the plaintiffs struck off the suit there, and laid this attachment in the District of Columbia.
Mr. Morsell, for the plaintiffs,
objected: 1st That the act is not in force in this district 2d. That the defendant cannot dissolve the attachment without giving bait

Opinion:
THE COURT
permitted defendant to appear on filing common bail.
CRANCH, Circuit Judge, did not sit. in this case.