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Donath v. Insurance Co. of North America
Donath et al. v. Insurance Company of North America. Partial loss. — Return of premium. Where an agent insures on account of his principal, though really for his own protection, there can be no recovery for a total loss, after a capture and
Sansom v. Ball
*Sansom v. Ball. Insurable interest. — General a/oerage. Freight advanced, in consideration of which, the person making the ■ advances, acquires a right to a certain proportion of the tonnage, is an insurable interest. Where salvage is decr
Morgan v. Insurance Co. of North America
Morgan et al. v. Insurance Company of North America. Insv/ranoe of freight. Where a vessel sails upon a lawful voyage, but on her arrival at the port of destination, finds the same in the possession of another foreign power, and is prohibit
Moliere's Lessee v. Noe
Moliere’s Lessee v. Noe. Judicial sale. The purchaser of lands of an intestate, sold by an order of an orphans' :nurt, holds them dia charged from the lien of a judgment obtained against the intestate in his lifetime. Ejectment, for a house
Dutilh v. Gatliff
Dutilh v. Gatliff. Marine insurance. — •Abandonment. If the vessel of a neutral be captured by a belligerent, and libelled as prize of wav, though subsequently acquitted, the assured may abandon for a total loss. A vessel having been captur
Bender v. Fromberger
*Bender v. Fromberger. Covenant. — Pleading.—Damages. In an action of covenant, it is sufficient to assign the breach, in termj as general as those in which the covenant is expressed. The breach assigned was, that the defendant was not seis
Ozeas v. Johnson
Ozeas v. Johnson, administrator of Foulke. Partnership. One partner cannot maintain assumpsit against the other, to recover the balance of the proceeds of a partnership adventure, unless the partners have settled their account and struck th
Lyle v. Baker
DECEMBER. TERM, 1806. Present — Tilghman, C. J., and Smith and Braokenridge, Justices. Lyle v. Baker et al. Removal of cause. Under the 20th section of the act of assembly of the 24th February 1806, an action may be removed from a court of
Dupont v. Pichon
Dupont v. Pichon. Privilege of foreign Ttmdst&r. A charge d’affaires is entitled to privilege from arrest, until his return home, although he has been for some months superseded by a minister plenipotentiary; the detention of the former bei
Welsh v. Murray
*MARCH TERM, 1805. Welsh v. Murray. Relation of judgment. As between creditors, judgments do not relate to tbe preceding term, but they take priority according to the times of their entry. Case stated for the opinion of the court. On the 1s
Commonwealth v. Franklin
*DECEMBER TERM, 1804. Commonwealth v. Franklin et al. Certiorari. A certiorari issued to remove an indictment from a court of quarter sessions of &e., to the circuit court, was directed to the judges of the court of common pleas of &c., and
Duncanson v. McLure
Duncanson v. McLure. Title to vessel. — Illegal conta/rct. An agreement for the sale of a ship, at a future day, the purchase-money being secured, is an immediate transfer of the title. Murgatroyd v. Crawford, 3 Dall. 491, overruled. One wh
Rundle v. Murgatroyd's assignees
*Rundle v. Murgatroyd’s assignees. Bctnkrwptey. Under the bankrupt law of 1800, a mortgage given by an insolvent, to secure a legacy bequeathed to his wife, which he had received and used in his business, is void, as against the assignee, t
Commonwealth v. Matlack
*SEPTEMBER TERM, 1804. Commonwealth v. Matlack. Defalcation. In an action at the suit of the commonwealth, the defendant cannot have a certificate of a balance in his favor. The defendant had been clerk of the Senate ; and in that character
Commonwealth v. Lyon
Commonwealth v. Lyon. Certiora/ri. A certiorari to remove an indictment from a court of quarter sessions to a circuit court will be granted, on an application by the defendant, supported by his affidavit in the usual form, unless something
Deshler v. Beery
Deshler v. Beery. Warner of dower. Testator, iidet alia, bequeathed to bis widow 10001, and appointed her and two others executors; before his death, he had sold and conveyed certain premises, taking bonds and a mortgage from the purchaser
Maybin v. Coulon
*MARCH TERM, 1804. Maybin, surviving partner, &c., v. Coulon. Coulon v. Maybin, surviving partner, &c. Illegal eontraet. An action cannot be maintained in our courts, founded on a contract between a citizen and an alien, by which the former
Lea v. Yard
*JANUARY SESSION, 1804. Present — Chew, President of the Court, and Rush, Riddle, Henry and Roberts, Presidents of the Common Pleas. Lea, executrix, et al., v. Yard. Hazlehurst et al. v. Dallas, Secretary of the Commonwealth. An auctioneer’
Crousillat v. Ball
Crousillat v. Ball. Barratry. Barratry is an act committed by the master of a vessel, of a criminal nature, without the license or consent of the owner; there must be fraud in the transaction, and should the act be done solely to benefit th
Commonwealth v. McKissick
Commonwealth v. McKissick et al. Oity lots. The act of the 9th of March 1796, declared those Pennsylvania claimants who had complied with the terms of the confirming law (while the said law was in existence), entitled to the benefit of the
McCulloch v. Young
*McCulloch, administrator, &c., v. Young. Foreign executors. An action can be maintained in the courts of Pennsylvania, under the authority of letters of administration granted in another state. This was an action on the case, brought again
Cramond v. Bank of the United States
*Cramond et al., executors of Cay, v. Bank of the United States. Set-off. A garnishee in foreign attachment, after the death of the attaching creditors, cannot set off against the claim attached, a responsibility of the attaching creditors
Crawford v. Willing
*DECEMBER TERM, 1803. Crawford et al. v. Willing et al. Interest. — Pa/rtners. Interest is due on the ascertained balance of an account, from the time of a demand of payment. In case of a war, the payment of interest on a debt due by a citi
Watson v. Insurance Co. of North America
Watson et al. v. Insurance Company of North America. Marine mswrcmee. — JPcvrUal loss. Where there has been a capture and condemnation, but no abandonment to the underwriters, the jury may estimate the spes recuperandi, deduct it from the w
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