Source: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Date: 1806-07-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 1 Cranch 322 · 1 D.C. 322
Opinion
The Court (after considerable deliberation and doubt) refused to give the direction. (Duckett, J., absent.) The general principle seemed to be that it must be a direct interest, and not ideal or imaginary. Here was no promise, no direct engagement, no legal obligation.