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3 D.C. 212

Reiling v. Bolier

Decided December 15, 1827

to set aside an interlocutory' judgment by default, and quash the writ of inquiry; upon affidavit of merits, payment of costs, pleading to issue of the merits instanter, and offering ready for trial. Tidd, 507, 508.

Decided 1827-12-15

¶1The CouRT, (Morsell, j., doubting,) after examining the decisions of this Court, and not finding any directly to the point, where the judgment was interlocutory and writ of inquiry awarded, granted the prayer of the defendant’s counsel upon the terms offered. This would have been the regular trial-term if the pleas had been regularly filed.

¶2The cases examined by the court, were McCleod v. Gloyd, (2 Cranch, C. C. 264); Ault v. Elliot, special bail of Morté, at April term, 1823, (Id. 372); Ringgold v. Elliot, at April term, 1824, (Id. 462); Williamson v. Bryan, at April term, 1823, (Id. 407); French v. Venable, at December term, (Id. 509); Union Bank v. Crittenden, at April term, 1821, (Id. 238); Mc Cormick v. Magruder, at April term, 1821, (Id. 227); Sherburne v. King & Langley, at June term, 1820, (Id. 205); Jones v. Llewellyn, at December term, 1819, and March, 1820, not reported. See also 2 Har. Ent. 88, 121; Goldsworth v. Southcott, 1 Wils. 243; and 2 Saund. 7, note 3.

¶3Trial and verdict for plaintiff, $120.

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