Sergeant's Lessee v. Biddle

The only : question certified by the Circuit Court for the District of Delaware to this Court is, whether certain depositions taken under a commission issued from that Court to Philadelphia, could, under the circumstances of the case, be given in evidence to the Jury.. This question arises out of the following facts: On the 25th of October, 1817, a consent rule was entered in this cause, “for a commission to issue to' take depositions on both sides, to be directed to Thomas Bradford, jun. and William J. Duane, of Philadelphia; interrogatories to be filed on ten days notice.” The agreement of…