1 Dall. 267
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 15, 1788
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1788-04-15
MOYLAN, in shewing cause against a rule for a Special Court, at the instance of the Plaintiff, contended, first, that Williams was not within the description of the persons for whom the act provides a summary relief; and secondly, that the difficulty of obtaining the Defendant’s testimony at a short notice, was a sufficient reason to induce the Court to discharge the rule.
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Decided 1788-04-15
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¶1The act seems to be intended for the benefit of every man, whether an inhabitant, or a foreigner, who is about to leave the State; and the Plaintiff is clearly within the description of persons entitled to a Special Court. But, we think, for the second reason which has been urged by the Defendant’s counsel, that it would be doing manifest injustice to hurry the trial on at this time: Therefore,
¶2By the Court: Let the rule be discharged.