Case Name: THOMPSON v. AFFLICK
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1812-12
Citations: 23 F. Cas. 1023
Docket Number: 
Parties: THOMPSON v. AFFLICK.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 23
Pages: 1023–1023

Head Matter:
Case No. 13,940.
THOMPSON v. AFFLICK.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 67.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1812.
Witness — Competency — Interest — Surety on Administrator’s Bond.
A surety in an administration bond is a competent witness for the administrator.
[See Case No. 13,939.]
Mr. Caldwell, for defendant
[Afflick’s administrator], offered to examine as witness for the defendant, Charles Glover, who was a surety in the defendant’s administration bond.
Mr. Key, for plaintiff
[Thompson’s administrator], objected that the witness was interested.

Opinion:
But
THE COURT
overruled the objection.