Jones v. Little — 2 U.S. 182

Majority

p. 182

Jones versus Little.

Syllabus

THE defendant’s counsel produced a certificate from a physician, stating that the defendant had been dangerously ill for three weeks last past; and thereupon moved to put off the trial.

But the Court held this to be no good cause for putting off the trial. And,

If there had been an affidavit stating, that there were material witnesses, who had not been summoned in consequence of this sickness ; or if the plaintiff himself were a witness, to prove books or the like; that might have weight with the Court; but, as it is, the trial must proceed.