
    Case No. 747
    BAILEY v. SUTTON et al.
    [1 Cranch, C. C. 551.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    July Term, 1809.
    Pleadings—Motions and Rules—Expiration or Time.
    After the rule to plead has expired, the court will not compel the plaintiff to produce his cause of action.
    At law. Assumpsit against the defendants as acceptors of a bill of exchange. The rule to plead expired on the third day of this term.
    Hr. Youngs, for the defendant,
    moved to compel the plaintiff to produce his cause of action.
    Refused.
     