Dunlop v. Munroe

11 U.S. 242

7 Cranch 242

3 L.Ed. 329

DUNLOP

v.

MUNROE.

March 9, 1812

1

Present. All the Judges.

2

ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Columbia, sitting at Washington, in an action wherein James and John Dunlop were Plaintiffs, and Thomas Munroe, the deputy post-master at Washington, was Defendant.

3

The declaration after having been several times amended, contained nine counts.

4

1. The first count was as follows—Thomas Munroe, late of Washington county, gentleman, was attached to answer unto James Dunlop and John Dunlop in a plea of trespass on the case, &c. whereupon the said James and John,…