Otteridge v. Thompson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
Assumpsit. Plea, alien enemy. Replication that the plaintiff, at the time of the impetration of the writ, was resident in the United States, with the license of the government. General rejoinder, and issue. said that the replication was according to a form in Story’s Pleadings, and cited Wells'v. Williams, 1 Ld.
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Assumpsit. Plea, alien enemy. Replication that the plaintiff, at the time of the impetration of the writ, was resident in the United States, with the license of the government. General rejoinder, and issue. said that the replication was according to a form in Story’s Pleadings, and cited Wells'v. Williams, 1 Ld. Raym. 282; 1 Salk. 46, S. C.; Sparenburg v. Bannatyne, 1 Bos. & Pul. 163, 165, and Clarke v. Johnson, 10 Johns. 59. It was proved that the plaintiff was a mechanic, and was here before the war, and continued to reside here until the action was brought. objected that the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court,
at the request of the plaintiff’s counsel, instructed the jury that, from the circumstances above stated, they might presume that the plaintiff was residing here under the permission and license of the government, although he had not reported himself according to the proclamation.
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