Birch v. Butler

District of Columbia

Birch v. Butler

1 D.C. 319

CourtDistrict Court, District of Columbia

DecidedJune 15, 1806

StatusPublished

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Birch v. Butler, 1 D.C. 319 (D.D.C. 1806).

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The Court

stopped Mr. F. S. Key as to the 1st objection.

Mr. F. S. Key. As to 2d, the omission of the Christian name does not affect the merits. This objection would not prevail on a motion in arrest of judgment. It could only be taken advantage of by a special demurrer. The Court refused to quash the attachment and suffered the plaintiff to amend the capias and attachment, by inserting the Christian names. They did not think it necessary that the plaintiffs should aver themselves to be citizens of the United States.

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The Court

stopped Mr. F. S. Key as to the 1st objection.

Mr. F. S. Key. As to 2d, the omission of the Christian name does not affect the merits. This objection would not prevail on a motion in arrest of judgment. It could only be taken advantage of by a special demurrer. The Court refused to quash the attachment and suffered the plaintiff to amend the capias and attachment, by inserting the Christian names. They did not think it necessary that the plaintiffs should aver themselves to be citizens of the United States.

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1 D.C. 319, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/birch-v-butler-dcd-1806.