Hanson v. Patterson

-r-By the. 29th. Rule of Chancery. Practice, (Clay’s Dig. 615, § 29,) it is provided, that where a defendant resides out of the State, on the application of his solicitor the register shall issue a commission, directed to.one or more .persons, to take and certify his.answer; the affidavit to the answer shall:be attached thereto, and sworn to and subscribed by the; defendant before the commissioners,, or .one of.them, and.so.certified by him or them. In the case before us, about five .months, after.the original bill had been amended and both had been, answered by the: defendant, Moore, a…