DAVIDSON v. TAYLOR


25 U.S. 604 (____)

12 Wheat. 604

DAVIDSON and Another, Plaintiffs in Error, against TAYLOR, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THIS cause was argued by Mr. Jones for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Coxe for the defendant in error.


Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a case of bail, and is to be decided by the principles of English law, which the case finds constitute also the law and practice of Maryland on the subject. According to these principles, the allowance of the bail to surrender the principal after the return of a ca. sa. is considered as a matter of favor and indulgence, and not of right, and is regulated by the acknowledged practice of the Court...

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