Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1806-03-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 29 F. Cas. 1169 · 1 Cranch, C. C. 299
Opinion
But THE COURT said, that the words of the act of assembly, were too clear and positive to admit of a doubt, and this court cannot say, that a practice, not sanctioned -by any judicial decision, and in opposition to the express words of the act, is a correct practice.