¶1said that he had been informed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, that it was the opinion of that court that the laws of Virginia were to be considered in this district, with regard to the general laws of the United States, as the common law is considered with regard to the statute law, viz., that it is not altered without negative words, or an absolute inconsistency, so that both cannot stand together.
1 D.C. 115
Sutton v. Mandeville
District of Columbia District Court
Decided March 15, 1803
District of Columbia District Court · decided 1803-03-15
Debt on bond. Issue, and continued to next term. moved for leave to issue a commission to take depositions in the State of Massachusetts, under the Act of Congress, (Judiciary Act,) 1789, § 30, [1 Stat. at Large, 88.] Refused by the Court, because not grounded on affidavit showing it to be necessary to the justice of the ease.
Decided 1803-03-15