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Barrell v. Simonton

3 D.C. 6813 Cranch 681·United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia·1829

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Opinion

Barrell v. Simonton. Notice at Washington to defendant’s counsel, on Thursday, the 31st of December, that a deposition would he taken in Baltimore on the 2d of January, was not reasonable notice. Mr. R. S. Ooxe, for the defendant, moved the Court for a continuance of the cause until the next term, because a deposition had been taken on the part of the plaintiff, in Baltimore, on Saturday, the 2d of January, upon notice given to the defendant’s counsel here in Washington, on Thursday, the 31st of December, at eleven o’clock, A. M. [MAJORITY] The Court (Thruston, J., absent,) was of opinion that the notice was not reasonable, and continued the cause.