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Commonwealth v. Baynton
* Commonwealth v. Baynton et al. Sureties on official bond. Where an officer is elected annually, and gives a new bond, on a re-election, his sureties are only responsible for a deficit occurring during the year. Debt, on the official bond
Sharpless v. Welsh
*SEPTEMBER TERM, 1803. Sharpless v. Welsh et al. Trust. Where a bill is remitted, with directions to appropriate the proceeds among certain creditors, in designated proportions, the party receiving it beeomes a trustee for the creditors, an
McFadden v. Parker
McFadden v. Parker et al. Disoha/rge of indorser. If the indorsee of a note, after obtaining judgment against the maker, should discharge him from custody under a ca. sa. issued by virtue of the judgment, the debt will be extinguished and t
Kingston v. Girard
Kingston v. Girard. InsuroMce. — Deviation. If a vessel, which has been captured, carried out of her course, and afterwards released, remain, for the purpose of trading, a longer time than is necessary to prepare for her voyage, at the port
Bell v. Beveridge
Bell v. Beveridge. Marine insurance. — Abandonment. The plaintiff, a resident in Philadelphia, received notice, in August 1793, of the seizure by the French government, of goods which he had insured ; soon afterwards, he left home, in conse
Passmore v. Pettit
Passmore v. Pettit & Bayard. Awwrd by umpire. An umpire chosen under a rule of reference, by the referees, must not rely upon the information reported by them, but he must examine the case himself, in the presence of the parties. An award w
Mitchell v. Smith
*Mitchell, Plaintiff in error, v. Smith. Illegal contract A bond given in consideration of the purchase of land in Luzerne county, under the Connecticut title, is void. Error from the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county, where an action
Black v. Wistar
Black, Plaintiff in error, v. Wistar. Waiver of error. — Amendment. Error may be waived, by consent. Where there is a variance between the writ and the count, the writ may be amended by the preecipe, and if the execution varies from the jud
Mayor of Philadelphia v. Mason
*MARCH TERM, 1803. The Mayor, &c., of Philadelphia v. Mason. Penal action. The return to a certiorari to remove the proceedings before the Mayor of Philadelphia, under an ordinance against huckstering, did not state a conviction, the offenc
Commonwealth v. Franklin
Commonwealth v. Franklin et al. Intrusion law. The act of 11th April 1796, declaring, as criminal offences, the taking possession of lands, or conspiring to convey, possess or settle them, in the counties of Northampton, &c., under any titl
Commonwealth v. Gibbs
Commonwealth v. Gibbs. Elections. Under the act of 15th February 1799, a judge of elections had no right to exact an oath from an elector, that he did not join the British forces, during the revolutionary war, or was not attainted of high t
Fitzgerald v. Caldwell's executors
*Fitzgerald v. Caldwell’s executors. Interest on judgment. A judgment nisi was made absolute by an agreement, which stipulated that proceedings should be stayed, until the trial of certain foreign attachments, which had been laid, before th
Cochran v. Cummings
Cochran et al. v. Cummings. Mescission of fraudulent contract. Where a vendor of goods has been fraudulently induced to accept in payment, a conveyance of a worthless tract of land, he may repudiate the payment, and recover the price of the
Jones v. Insurance Co. of North America
*DECEMBER TERM, 1802. Jones et al. v. Insurance Company of North America. Insurance on freight. — Partial loss. — Exception. The expenses incurred for seamen’s wages, provisions and extra-pilotage, during an embargo on a vessel, are recover
Attorney-General v. Grantees under the act of April 1792
*SEPTEMBER TERM, 1802. Attorney-General v. The Grantees under the act of April 1792. Land-warrants. — Patents. Warrants granted under the act of 3d April 1792, are not ipso facto void, where the conditions of settlement and residence, withi
Levy v. Bank of the United States
*Levy v. Bank of the United States. Bañiles. — Consideratimi. Where a forged cheek of a customer is received by a bank, as cash, and passed to the credit of a depositor (who is ignorant of the forgery, and who has paid the fall value of the
Falconer v. Montgomery
*MARCH TERM, 1802. Falconer v. Montgomery et al. Avxwd. Where, on a reference to two persons, with power to choose an umpire, if they should disagree, an umpire is appointed, who receives the statement of the case from the referees, in the
Burd v. Smith
*JANUARY TERM, 1802. Present, Smith and Brackeneidge, Justices of the Supreme Court, and Coxe, Rush and Addison, Presidents of the Common Pleas. Burd, Plaintiff in error, v. Smith, Lessee of Fitzsimons et al. , Assignment for the benefit of
Austyn v. McLure
*SEPTEMBER TERM, 1801. Austyn v. McLure. Consideration. The smallest spark of benefit or accommodation is sufficient, to create a valid consideration for a promise. Case, on a special assumpsit. The declaration contained three counts, of ea
Commonwealth v. Dallas
Commonwealth v. Dallas, Attorney of the United States, &c. Recorder of Philadelphia. The Recorder of the city of Philadelphia is not a judge, within the meaning of the 8th section of the 2d article of the constitution of the state of Pennsy
Wainwright v. Crawford
* Wainwright et al. v. Crawford. Master of vessel. The master of a vessel may bind his owners, personally, by borrowing money to make necessary repairs to the vessel, in a foreign port, if the lenders, after due inquiry, did not know that t
Mather v. Pratt
Mather v. Pratt et al. Assignment for the benefit of creditors. Where there is an assignment for the benefit of such creditors of the assignors, as shall, -within a certain period, execute a general release to them, a creditor who has not e
Pollock v. Hall
Pollock v. Hall. Same v. Same. Discontinuance. After a case has been referred, and several meetings have been held by the referees, at which the parties have exhibited their respective proofs, and have been heard, the plaintiff cannot disco
McLaughlin's Lessee v. Dawson
McLaughlin’s Lessee v. Dawson. Settlement. To constitute a legal settlement, there must be a personal residence, unless such danger exists, as would affect a man of reasonable firmness. Ejectment, for 400 acres of land, lying north-west of
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