
    Case No. 9,017.
    MANDEVILLE et al. v. WASHINGTON.
    [1 Cranch, C. C. 4.]1
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    April Term, 1801.
    Practice at Law —Writ op Inquiry — Plain tiffs’ Oath.
    On a writ of inquiry the plaintiff’s oath may be given in evidence of the amount of his claim.
    On writ of inquiry. [Suit by Mandeville & Jamieson against Nathaniel Washington.]
   THE COURT

admitted an account supported by the plaintiffs’ affidavit to be given in evidence to the jury, it having been stated by some of the bar and admitted by all, that such has been the practice in the district courts of the commonwealth of Virginia.  