¶1The defendant offered to plead plene administravit; but the Court refused to receive the plea, oh the authority of McKnighi v. Craig's Administrator, decided at the last term of the Supreme Court of the United States, in February, 1811,6 Craneb, 183, where it was ruled that after an office judgment in the lifetime of the intestate, the defendant cannot plead any plea which the intestate could not have pleaded.
2 D.C. 31
Janney v. Mandeville's Administrator
Decided November 15, 1811
<p>If the defendant die after office judgment and writ of inquiry awarded, his administrator cannot plead •plena administravit; nor any other plea which the original defendant himself could not have pleaded.</p>
Decided 1811-11-15