Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 18 Part 2a.djvu/99

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94, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. “ In the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the — day of 1*, “A. B., plaintiff, _ v. (At law,) (In equity,) Nm -. “ C. D., defendant. “ On motion of the plaintiff, by Mr. —-, his attorney it is ordered that the defendant cause his appearance to be entered herein on or before the iirst ruleday occurring forty days after this day; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default," _ _ Process against Sec. 790. In actions against foreign corporations doing business in the

  • `$>¤‘¢>*8¤ ****1*2**- District, all process may be served on the agent of such corporation or

°‘°"“· person conducting its business, or, in case he is absent and cannot be 22 Foo., 1867, o. found, by leaving a copy at the principal place of business in the Dis- GM- l1»*·1*»P· 40* trict, and such service shall be effectual to bring the corporation before the court. No person to be Sec. 791. No person shall be held to bail in the District in any action

  • 1**]*1*0 Mil °¤ M- of debt, assumpsit, or other action founded on or arising out of any
Q,‘;_‘;,°f d°l’t or °°"° contract or agreement, or in any suit or proceeding in equity brought

_-;.—..Y. or prosecuted for enforcing the payment of any debt, or of any sum or 403 `}*`°}*d· 18S3i5f;- sums of money due or claimed to be due by reason of any contract or 15h_ ‘ · pl" * agreement. 1*B0cEss—F1NAL. Validity or solos Sec. 792. All sales duly made in cases in which publication is substi-

  • ¤ °°'*¤l¤ °°¤°¤· tuted for personal service of process shall be good and valid, and vest

22 F"b·· 1**6* °· any purchaser with a perfect title.- °“°jj'£,:,`Q lgfhfgj Sec. 793. In case of the sale of things, real or personal under a ing sons_ decree in equity, the decree confirming the sale shall divest the right,

 title, or interest sold out of the former owner, party to the suit, and

"’p' ’ vest it in the purchaser, without any conveyance by the officer or agent of the court conducting the sale; and the decree shall be notice to all the world of this transfer of title when a copy thereof shall be registered among the land-records of the District; but the court may, nevertheless, order its officer or agent to make a conveyance, if that mode be deemed preferable, in particular cases. qspios ad satis- 81-:0. 794. If any plaintiff in a. civil action, after judgment shall have ‘°°'°¤d“”*· been obtained ·by him, makes oath, according to law, that the defendant 17 ,;,,,,0, 1844. .,_ has conveyed away, lessened, or disposed of his property, rights, or 100, v. 5, pp. 678, credits, or is about to remove, or has removed, his property from the 67%- F b 1845 District, as the plaintiff believes, with intent thereby to hinder or delay 2 v_5 iq; .,.21 the recovery or payment of his debts, the clerk of the court shall there- ’ ’ ’ upon issue a capias ad satisfuciendum. Proceedings upon Sec. 795. Upon the arrest of any such defendant under a capias ad °"°°°- satisfaciendum, he may be brought by habeas corpus before the court, Ibid. if in term time, and before one of the judges thereof in vacation, and may call upon the plaintiif to show cause why he, the defendant, shall not be discharged from imprisonment; and upon such notice, either party may demand a trial by jury; and thereupon the court or judge shall direct an issue or issues to be framed upon the adidavit so filed, and shall cause a jury to be impaneled and sworn to try such issue or issues, and if the finding of the jury shall be for the plaintili, the defendant shall be thereupon remanded toprisonr Exemptions from Sec. 796. Nothing in the two preceding sections shall be construed to ¤¤¤¤¤ °¤ <=¤'¤l P¤'°· authorize the custody or imprisonment of any female person on civil _ °°..j°.°;_._. process, nor any non-resident for any debt contracted out of the Dis- Ibid. trict. [mom.; Henry va. Cornelius, 1 Cranch,C. C.,37; 0’Neil vs.Hognn,2 Cranch, C. C.,524. Exemptions of Sec. 797. The following propert bein the ro rt of the head of i"f;1:;’*gw**°¤ dm- afamily or householder, shall be exempt frofin elistilaiiilt? attachment, levy,

  • ‘ and sale on execution or decree of any court in the District: