Mr. Justice M'LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court. —
This is an appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court, for the District of Columbia.
The facts out of which the controversy arises are substantially as follows:
At April term, 1822, the Union Bank, of Georgetown, recovered two judgments against George Peter, amounting, exclusive of costs, to the sum of seven thousand nine hundred and thirty-four dollars.
On the 9th April, 1824...
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