in 1805. They defaulted on this loan, and the lenders, one Hodgson and Thompson, sought relief. Maryland law allowed the lenders to avoid seizure of their goods if they swore before two justices of the peace that they were liable for the loan. This avoided a lengthy court proceeding to prove that the debt had, in fact, been incurred. Mountz, without George Reintzel, went before justices of the peace John Ott and Daniel Reintzel and affirmed the debt. But Daniel Reintzel signed his name as Mayor of Georgetown, rather than as Justice of the Peace for Washington County. Six months later, Hodgson and Thompson attempted to seize the goods of Mountz in payment of the debt. Mountz sued for relief, claiming that Reintzel had signed in his capacity as mayor rather than justice of the peace, and that George Reintzel was not present for the affirmation. The Supreme Court overruled Mountz on both issues. The second legal action () began in 1822, and was decided in January 1829 (two months after his death). Reintzel took out a loan for $3,700 on May 6, 1819, from the Bank of Columbia. The loan was guaranteed by Thomas Corcoran. A second and third loan, each in the amount of $400, was secured by Reintzel in May 1819. When the loans came due, Reintzel refused to pay. The bank sought payment from Corcoran as endorser of the first loan, and left notice for him at the store owned by his son, James Corcoran. The bank sued in court, and a default judgment issued against Thomas Corcoran. Corcoran counter-sued, arguing that he had never properly been notified of the suit. The bank asked the court to instruct the jury that leaving the notice at the store was sufficient, since Corcoran lived above the store. The court declined, and the jury found for Corcoran (e.g., he had not been properly notified of the suit). The bank appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which held that no error had been committed. It affirmed the jury's finding. Reintzel's brother, Anthony, was a litigant involved in a third Supreme Court case, . Death Reintzel died of unspecified causes at his home on November 18, 1828. He had just celebrated his 73rd birthday. He was initially interred at the Presbyterian Burying Ground in Georgetown, a cemetery for the town's elite. The Presbyterian Burying Ground was largely abandoned by 1891. By