Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1837-03-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 17 F. Cas. 710 · 5 Cranch, C. C. 283
Opinion
THE COURT (MORSELL, Circuit Judge, doubting) was of opinion that the justice had jurisdiction of the cause. The bond was a contract to pay $50, upon a certain event. Whether that event had or had hot occurred, ■was a question incidental to the question whether the debt was due or not. If the justice admitted improper evidence, it was error, but could not oust him of jurisdiction. Verdict for defendant,