Case No. 8,129.

LAW v. SCOTT.

[3 Cranch, C. C. 295.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

May Term, 1828.

INSOLVENCY—LIABILITY FOR COSTS IN SUIT PENDING AT TIME OF INSOLVENCY.

An insolvent debtor who has been discharged under the insolvent act [2 Stat. 237], is not liable for the costs of a suit pending at the time of his discharge.

[This was an action at law by the administrator of John Law against Alexander Scott.] The defendant was brought in upon a ca. sa. for costs in a suit which was pending at the time of his discharge under the insolvent act.

THE COURT (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, doubting) ordered the defendant to be discharged under the tenth section of the act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the District of Columbia.

[See Case No. 12,537.]

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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