Withers v. Thornton

30 F. Cas. 402, 3 D.C. 116, 3 Cranch 116

Opinion

The Court [nem. con.) refused to require the defendant to give special bail. In ordinary cases of libel, special bail is not required without some special reason other than the publication of the libel itself, such as non residence of the defendant, or the like. See Norton v. Barnum, 20 Johns. 337; Clason v. Gould, 2 N. Y. T. R. (Caines,) 47; Van Vetchen v. Hopkins, 2 Johns. 293; Barnes’s Notes, 79, 80, 108; Chetwin v. Venner, 1 Sid. 183; Marquis of Dorchester'’s case, 2 Mod. 215.