Union Bank of Georgetown v. Riggs
This text of 24 F. Cas. 565 (Union Bank of Georgetown v. Riggs) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
refused to continue the cause, because the affidavit, without such an averment, was insufficient ; and said they would not receive a supplemental affidavit, after the original affidavit had been laid before the Court, and the defect has been pointed out by the opposite counsel; on account of the strong temptation it would hold out for perjury.
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