Rogers v. Hill

May 15, 1808
Reporters:
The Court

refused to receive the affidavit, ‍‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‍saying he should have summoned the witness referred to, or ‍‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‍have obtained his deposition. The affidavitof a party petitioning for a ‍‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‍review, is not tobe received except when testifying‘to facts which can ‍‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‍be known but to himself alone, or to obtain an ‍‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‍order of notice on his petition.