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  "name": "Charles A. Marstin, plaintiff, vs. Bracy McRea, as administrator of John D. Bracy, deceased, defendant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Marstin v. McRea",
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  "first_page": "688",
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      "cite": "1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 688"
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      "cite": "1 Stat. 88",
      "category": "laws:leg_session",
      "reporter": "Stat.",
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    "parties": [
      "Charles A. Marstin, plaintiff, vs. Bracy McRea, as administrator of John D. Bracy, deceased, defendant."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "The court suppressed depositions taken on the part of the plaintiff under the 30th section of the Judiciary Act of 1789, (1 Stat. 88,) because the judge taking the same certified that the testimony of the witnesses taken by him, \u201c was reduced to writing under my direction.\u201d It was held, that the act of congress must be strictly complied with, and, as according to the express requisitions of that act, the deposition of a witness shall be reduced to writing \u201conly by the magistrate taking the deposition or by the deponent in his presence; \u201d no other person was legally competent to perform that duty, and that the magistrate could not depute any one to perform it; that the act itself excluded the idea that any others than those named could perform it, and so it was a fatal defect.\nDeposition suppressed.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "J. M. Curran, for plaintiff.",
      "A. Fowler, for defendant."
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    "head_matter": "Charles A. Marstin, plaintiff, vs. Bracy McRea, as administrator of John D. Bracy, deceased, defendant.\nA deposition taken under the 30th section of the Judiciary Act of 1789, must be reduced to writing by the magistrate or witness, and no other person is competent to perform that duty.\nApril, 1854.\nIn the Circuit Court, before the Hon. Daniel Ringo, district judge, holding the court.\nJ. M. Curran, for plaintiff.\nA. Fowler, for defendant."
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