
    United States, for the use of Robinson, v. N. L. Queen.
    The Act of Assembly of Maryland, 1720, e. 24, respecting suits upon administration bonds, before return of non est or fi. fa. against the executor or administrator, is in force in the County of Washington, D. C.
    Debt on the administration bond of George Lindsay’s ad-ministratrix. -Plea, that there was no return of non est on a capias ad respondendum, nor of a fieri facias against the admi-nistratrix, as required by the Maryland Act of 1720, c. 24. General demurrer.
   The CouRT rendered judgment upon the demurrer for the defendant, being of opinion that the Act of 1720 is still in force, notwithstanding the Act of 1798, c. 101, ch. 8, § 9, which authorizes an execution against the administrator, upon the report of the auditor, ascertaining the plaintiff’s proportion of the assets. (Thruston, J., absent.)  