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Outcome n/a Personal Injury · Pennsylvania 1799

Breckbill v. Turnpike Co.

Breckbill versus Turnpike Company THIS was an action of Indebitatus -djfumpfit. The caufe was tried at Lancajier, and the J ury found a fpecial ver-ditt in the following terms: “ The Jury find, that B. Breckbill, the Plaintiff, was feized i

3 U.S. 496 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1799

Murgatroyd v. Crawford

Murgatroyd versus Crawford. THIS was an aftion ’againft.an Underwriter on a Pbliey of Ihfurance upon the (hip Mount Vernon, warranted to be American property. The fhip was captured by a French Privateer, carried into Porto Rico, and there c

3 U.S. 491 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1799

Res'publica v. Wray

Res'publica versus Wray. THE Defendant on the lit of June, 1798, had been appointed treafurer for the County of Cumberland', “ for three years, to commence on the 5th of June followingi” but upon a fuggeftion of improper practices in procur

3 U.S. 490 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt · Pennsylvania 1798

Keppele v. Carr

Keppele et al. v. Carr et al. Carr et al. v. Keppele et al. Bills of exchange. — Damages. The damages on a protested bill belong to the party at whose risk it was remitted. A. & B., being indebted to C. & Sons, foreign merchants, delivered

4 U.S. 134 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property · Pennsylvania 1798

Nicholson's Lessee v. Wallis

*DECEMBER TERM, 1798. Nicholson’s Lessee v. Wallis. Ejectment. — Limitation. A decision of the Board of Property was pronounced, upon a caveat, in favor of the defendant, on the 14th of February 1796: a declaration, entitled as of April ter

4 U.S. 133 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1798

M'Kee's Leffee v. Pfout

M'Kee’s Leffee versus Pfout. THIS was an ejectment tried at the Nifi Prius for Dauphin county in October 1795, when a verdict was given for the Leffor of the Plaintiff, fubject to the opinion of the Court, on a cafe, ftating the following f

3 U.S. 486 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1798

Pemberton's Leffee v. Hicks

Pemberton’s Leffee versus Hicks. THIS ejectment was tried at Newtown, in Bucks County, May, 1794, when the Jury found the following fpecial verdict: ■ “ The Jurors impannelled, tried, fworn and affirmed to try “ the iffue joined in this cau

3 U.S. 479 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1798

Coxe v. M'Clenachan

Coxe versus M’Clenachan. Coxe versus Huston, Special Bail. JUDGMENT having been obtained acrainft-M' Clenachan, a Ca. Sa. iflued to September Term laft, and was returned non efl inventus. The Plaintiff then iffued a fcire facias agahift ..H

3 U.S. 478 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1798

Camberling v. M'Call

Camberling versus M'Call. THIS caufe (fee 2 Vol. 280.) being agí . called cn the lift of arguments, the Court declared, that although they had. propofed to the Defendant’s counfel to wave the ob-jedtion to the form of bringing the action, b

3 U.S. 477 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1798

Respublica v. Cobret

Respublica versus Cobret. THE Defendant, being charged asa common libeller be-. fore the Chief Justice, was bou; d by recognizance fore the Chief Justice, was bou; d by recognizance to be of good behaviour, &c. and on a fjppofnim, th.-t he

3 U.S. 467 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1797

Stroud v. Lockart

*DECEMBER TERM, 1797. Stroud, assignee, &c., v. Lockart et al. Mortgage. If the purchaser of property knows, at the time of his purchase, of the existence of a mortgage, which has not been recorded according to the act of assembly, the prem

4 U.S. 132 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Insurance Law · Pennsylvania 1797

Camberling v. M'Call

December Term, 1797. Camberling versus M'Call. THIS was an action on the case, on a Policy of Insurance dated the 28th of October 1786, on the schooner John, Nathaniel Simmons master, on a voyage from Bath, or Washington, in North Carolina,

2 U.S. 280 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1797

Commonwealth v. Schaffer

MAYOR’S COURT OF PHILADELPHIA APRIL SESSION, 1797. Commonwealth v. Schaffer. Criminal jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the state courts extends to the case of a forgery of powers of attorney, to receive warrants for lands granted by acts o

4 U.S. 429 Philadelphia Mayor's Court Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law · Pennsylvania 1797

Vasse v. Ball

March Term, 1797. Vasse versus Ball. THIS was an action on two Policies of Insurance for 28,000 dollars, upon the brig Salmon, and her cargo (both the property of the plaintiff, an American citizen) from Port-au-Paix to Philadelphia, in whi

2 U.S. 270 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt · Pennsylvania 1797

M'Carty v. Emlen

M'Carty versus Emlen. THIS action was brought to September term, 1789, by the plaintiff, as surviving partner of Cummings, to recover a debt due to the partnership. On the 4th of March 1793, the matters in dispute were referred; on the 21st

2 U.S. 277 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1797

Young v. Willing

Young versus Willing, et. al.

2 U.S. 276 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury · Pennsylvania 1796

Waters v. Collot

September Term, 1796. Waters versus Collot. CAPIAS. Ingersoll and Lewis had obtained a rule upon the Plaintiff to shew his cause of action, and why the defendant should not be discharged on common bail. Dallas & Du Ponceau now shewed cause.

2 U.S. 247 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law · Pennsylvania 1796

Bell v. Andrews

Bell v. Andrews. Statute of frauds. Where there has been payment of the price of land, under a parol agreement for the sale of it, an action will lie to recover damages for the non-performance of such a contract. This was an action on the c

4 U.S. 131 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate · Pennsylvania 1796

Bank of North America v. Wycoff

Bank of North America v. Wycoff. Notice of nonpayment.— Witness. The indorser of a promissory note must receive notice, within a reasonable time, of the non-payment of the note by the maker. An executor, who is entitled to a share in the re

4 U.S. 130 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law · Pennsylvania 1796

Febeiger's Lessee v. Craighead

*MARCH TERM, 1796. Febeiger’s Lessee v. Craighead. Sheriff’s sale. A sheriff’s sale of land, by virtue of a judgment and execution, subsequent to a mortgage to the trustees of the loan-office, does not destroy its lien. At a court of Nisi P

4 U.S. 129 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1796

Ralston v. Bell

March Term, 1796. Ralston Assignee versus Bell. THIS was an action for money had and received, &c. brought by Ralston, as assignee of Dewhurst, a bankrupt, against the defendant, who had sold goods of the bankrupt, by virtue of an authority

2 U.S. 242 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1796

Ewing v. M'Nair

Ewing versus M'Nair. JUDGMENT was entered in this cause on the 1st day of September Term, 1796; and the plaintiff issued a Testatum Fi. Fa. to Allegheny County, founded on a Fi. Fa. to the sheriff of Philadelphia County, which was made retu

2 U.S. 269 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt · Pennsylvania 1796

Greene's, Case

Greene’s, Case. GEORGE GREENE, having petitioned for a discharge under the laws for the relief of insolvent debtors, one of his creditors was offered as a witness to prove, that several judgments, had been confessed by the petitioner, witho

2 U.S. 268 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1796

German v. Wainwright

German versus Wainwright.

2 U.S. 266 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion

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