Property · MBE-tested
Hunter's Lessee v. Kennedy
1 U.S. 811 Dall. 81·Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas·1784·PA
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Opinion
* Hunter’s Lessee v. Kennedy.
Practice. — Continuance.
On motion to put off tbe trial of tbis cause, Sergeant tendered tbe affidavit of John Adams (wbo called bimself tbe landlord of tbe defendant, and declared bimself interested in tbe suit) to prove tbe absence of a material witness.
Lewis and Coxe objected, for the plaintiff,
that tbe affidavit should be made by tbe defendant bimself.
[MAJORITY — But the Court]
But the Court
received tbe affidavit, and ordered tbe trial off.
See Jackson v. Mason and Keely, post, p. 135.