Supreme Court of the United States March 18, 1803 (Hodgson v. Dexter)

The Chief

Justice,

after stating the terms of the lease, and the pleadings, delivered the unanimous opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error has made two points.

1st. That under this contract, the defendant was bound in his private capacity.

2dly. That the matter, pleaded in his plea, did not shew the casualty, by which the buildings were destroyed, to have been inevitable.