Offutt v. Parrott
Offutt v. Parrott, 18 F. Cas. 606 (1803)
Headnotes
Case No. 10,453.
Costs — Seco iuty.
Summary
Security for costs cannot be given in the clerk's office.
A rule was laid at December term. 1802. for security for costs. At the former sitting of this term, judgment of nonsuit, nisi, was entered. Since the last sitting, Abner Cloud applied to the clerk’s office, and offered to become the security. Quaere, whether this is a compliance with the rule.
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THE COURT thought it was not; that it must be done in court.
Present. KILTY. Chief Judge, and CRANCH, Circuit Judge.
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