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Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd.
Commonwealth v. Gomes
Marchese v. Bos. Redevelopment Auth.
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Commonwealth v. Reyes
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Lessee of Weitzell v. Fry
Lessee of Weitzell et al. v. Fry. Parol evidence. — Judicial sale. Where land mortgaged to the trustees of the general loan-office, has been sold by the sheriff of the county, under an alleged precept from the state treasurer, issued by vir
Hepburn's Lessee v. Levy
*DECEMBER TERM, 1800. Hepburn’s Lessee v. Levy. Shifted warrant. A survey on a shifted warrant will not prevail over a subsequent descriptive one, though the warrantee had notice thereof, before his own survey was made; otherwise, of a subs
Anonymous
Anonymous. Certiorari. Qucere i Whether a certiorari, to remove the proceedings in a caso of forcible entry and detainer, operates as a mpersedeas. Certiorari, to remove the proceedings in a case of forcible entry and detainer. Ingersoll ur
Sharp v. Pettit
Sharp v. Pettit. Dower. No damages or costs are recoverable, in dower, where the husband did not die seised. Writ of Dower. The inquisition stated, that the husband did not die seised of the premises; and found damages for the detention of
Beissell v. Sholl
*Beissell v. Sholl. Wagoner v. Same. Riparian owners. Every one has a right to use the water passing through his land, as he pleases, provided, he does not injure his neighbor’s mill; and that, after using the water, he returns it to its an
Bell's Lessee v. Levers
Bell’s Lessee v. Levers. Shifted warrant. — Evidence.—Fraud.—Laches. A warrant that loses its descriptive location, by a prior warrant, may be laid on any vacant land. A survey made on a shifted warrant, only confers title from its return.
Morris's Lessee v. Neighman
Morris’s Lessee v. Neighman. Settlement.— Yaeati/ng warrant. The settlement required by the aot of 1*792, § 9, need not be made within the time prescribed therein, if the warrant-holder was, by force of arms, prevented from making such sett
Waters' executors v. McClellan
Waters’ executors v. McClellan et al. Fraud. — Retention of possession. — Distress. The mere fact that a purchaser at a judicial sale permits the former owner to retain the possession, is not a badge of fraud, in Ponnsylvania. One who shows
Bussy v. Donaldson
Bussy v. Donaldson. ColUsion. — Pilots. —Damages. The fact that a ship is in charge of a licensed pilot, does not relieve her owners from liability for a collision, occasioned by negligence. In an action for a tort, the plaintiff is entitle
Jackson v. Winchester
Jackson at al. v. Winchester. Practice. — Evidence. Issues were joined on the pleas of non assumpsit, and payment: plaintiffs had been obliged to send a commission to another state, to prove the assumption; and when the jury was about to be
Reed v. Ingraham
Reed v. Ingraham. Negotiable mstrument. A contract to receive from J. B., or order, certain stocks, is negotiable. s. c. 2 Yeates 487, where there is a full report of the case.
Pemberton's Lessee v. Hicks
Pemberton’s Lessee v. Hicks. Forfeiture. A tenant by the curtesy initiate, has not an estate forfeitable upon his attainder for treason.
Levy v. Wallis
*DECEMBER TERM, 1799. Levy v. Wallis. Presumption of fraud. The act of suffering goods to remain in the hands of the defendant, after they have been levied on, furnishes no presumption of fraud; but if the intention of leaving them is fraud
Ball v. Dennison
*SEPTEMBER TERM, 1799. Ball v. Dennison. Notice of non-payment. When a promissory note has been dishonored by the maker, the indorser is not liable to pay it, if the holder neglects to give him due notice of non-payment. What is due notice
Livezey v. Gorgas
Livezey et al. v. Gorgas et al. Referees. — Damages. fa an action on the case, for the continuance of a nuisance, erected by the defendant’s predecessor in the title, which is referred, the referees have no power to award, that future erect
Ewing v. Houston
*JULY SESSIONS, 1799. Before Rush, Ridlue, Addison, Henry and Coxe, Presidents of tbe Common Pleas. Ewing and wife, Plaintiffs in error, v. Houston and wife. Partition.— Variance. A summons in partition, described tbe property to be divided
Johnson v. Haines's Lessee
* Johnson, Plaintiff in error, v. Haines’s Lessee. Descent. In every ease of intestacy, the heir at common law will take the real estate, where its descent is not specifically altered by an act of assembly. Intestate died on the 13th Februa
Ludlow v. Bingham
JULY SESSION, 1799. Present — McKean, Chief Justice, Shippen and Smith, Justices of the Supreme Court; and Rush, Riddle, Addison and Coxe, President Judges of the Common Pleas. Ludlow, Plaintiff in error, v. Bingham. Conflict of laws. — Att
Roberts v. Wheelen
Roberts versus Wheelen et al.
Reed v. Ingraham
Reed versus Ingraham. THIS was an aftion brought by the aifignee of a ftocfc contract, to recover the amount of the difference, due on the Contraft, which was expreffed in thefe words : “ On the i8tH “ of April 1792,1 promife to receive fro
Wharton v. Fitzgerald
Wharton et al. Executors, versus Fitzgerald. 1799* INDEBITATUS ajfumpfit. The aítion was founded on the following fads :—On the 15th day of July, 1749, Jofeph Ogden, being feizcd in his demefne as of fee, of and in a certain mefluage and lo
Ewalt's Lessee v. Highlands
Ewalt’s Lessee v. Highlands. Settlement. Pergonal residence must accompany every settlement, on which a survey can be regularly made, unless such danger exists, as would prevent a man of reasonable firmness from remaining on the land; and e
McClay v. Hanna
*MARCH TERM, 1799. McClay v. Hanna et al. Appeal. An appeal from an orphans’ court dismissed, because it did not appear that a definitive decree had been pronounced. When and how an executor shall be charged with property' conveyed to him o
Dallas v. Chaloner's Executors
Dallas, Secretary, &c. versus Chaloner’s Executors. THIS was an ailion of Debt, inftituted in the name of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, on an official bond,' wnich the teftator had givep, with two fureties, for the faithful-dlfch’arge
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