Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1801-04-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 1 F. Cas. 138 · 1 Cranch, C. C. 5
Opinion
THE COURT instructed the jury, that the defendant having taken the boy under the order of the court, although there was no indenture, the law raises an implied promise on the part of the defendant to comply with the terms of that order.