Gaither v. Lee

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia

Gaither v. Lee

9 F. Cas. 1066, 2 D.C. 205, 2 Cranch 205

CourtU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia

DecidedJune 15, 1820

StatusPublished

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Gaither v. Lee, 9 F. Cas. 1066, 2 D.C. 205, 2 Cranch 205 (circtddc 1820).

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Opinion

Which instruction

the Court

(Moesell, J., contra,,)

gave, upon the authority of the two cases cited by Mr. Marbury, namely, Jones v. Hake, 2 Johns. 60, and Wilkie v. Roosevelt, 3 Johns. 66, 206.

Verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff took a bill of exceptions to the instruction of the Court to the jury, but not to the admission of the indorsers as' witnesses for the defendant. No writ of error was prosecuted. The cause stood several terms upon a motion for a new trial on the ground of misdirection of the jury, but it was never brought to a hearing, and at October term, 1821, the cause was struck off by the plaintiff.

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