Fresh v. Gilson
Supreme Court of the United States
IN- error tp the Cixeuit Court of the United States, for Washington co'unty, in the District of Columbia.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
delivered .the opinion of the Court.
This case arjses un,der the attachment law pf the state of Maryland, passed in 1795; and comes before this Court upon a writ of .error to the-Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for Washington county; within which the law of Maryland above mentioned-is in force. The proceedings instituted in this case, although commencing by an attachment, and upon what is termed- a- short note in lieu of-a formal declaration, assume, nevertheless, the essential character, and in some respects the usual forms of, the action of-assumpsit, and must be governed by the…
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