Gilbert L. Thompson v. William Selden
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. ' ’ The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. made the following, points: The act of Congress, September 24,1789, empowers the Circuit Courts of the United States, in the trial of actions at law, on motion and due notice thereof being given, to require the plaintiffs to produce books or writings,…
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. ' ’ The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. made the following, points: The act of Congress, September 24,1789, empowers the Circuit Courts of the United States, in the trial of actions at law, on motion and due notice thereof being given, to require the plaintiffs to produce books or writings, in their possession or power, which contain evidence pertinent to the issue in cases and under circumstances where they…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, upon a judgment rendered in that court in favor of the defendants in error, in a suit brought by them upon certain promissory notes set forth in the pleadings.
Some time before the trial, k notice was served on Selden, Withers, & Co., the defendants in error, to produce certain books and papers mentioned in the notice; and that, unless they were produced at the trial, the plaintiff in error would move the court for a nonsuit, or for a like judgment as in cases of nonsuit; and an affidavit was made by the plaintiff in…
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- United States v. CaldwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1795
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