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Outcome n/a Personal Injury · Pennsylvania 1788

Camp v. Lockwood

Camp v. Lockwood. Confiscation. Where the estate, real and personal, of an inhabitant of Connecticut, had been confiscated, by virtue of a law of that state, on account of his adhering to the enemy, and a suit was brought by him, in Pennsyl

1 U.S. 393 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law · Pennsylvania 1788

Farrel v. McClea

*Farrel v. McClea. Master of vessel. The master of a vessel is liable for the payment of the wages of the mate, although the latter may have been shipped by the owners, if he has served on board, with the consent of the master. This was an

1 U.S. 392 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1788

Weaver v. Lawrence

Weaver v. Lawrence. Inquisition. Where an inquisition upon lands, under a fi. fa., has been quashed for irregularity, the sheriff may proceed to hold a new inquest, after the return of thefi. fa., without a new writ. There had been a levy u

1 U.S. 379 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1788

Penrose v. Hart

Penrose v. Hart. Application of payments. Mode of applying partial payments on a bond bearing interest. On a rule to show cause why the judgment confessed by warrant of attorney in this case should not be opened, Fisher stated, that several

1 U.S. 378 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1788

McClenachan v. McCarty

McClenachan et al. v. McCarty. Writ of inquiry. The defendant in a foreign attachment is not entitled to produce his evidence before the jury of inquiry. This was a foreign attachment, in which judgment was entered at the third term ; and a

1 U.S. 375 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt · Pennsylvania 1788

Gibbs v. Gibbs

Gibbs v. Gibbs. Banlcrwpi law. Under the state bankrupt law of 1785, a prior judgment-creditor was not entitled to have the proceeds of a sale of real estate, levied under an execution on a younger judgment, paid to him. The case was briefl

1 U.S. 371 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law · Pennsylvania 1788

Waters v. Millar

* Waters v. Millar. Promissory note. The mere sale and delivery of a promissory note, payable to order, without any indorsement or assignment, does not entitle the holder to sue in his own name. On a motion in arrest of judgment, after a ve

1 U.S. 369 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt · Pennsylvania 1788

Gorgerat v. McCarty

Gorgerat et al. v. McCarty. Bwnlcrwptcy. — Bail. Where one who had declared himself bankrupt according to the law of France, but had not received a conclusive discharge, was arrested in Pennsylvania, by one of the creditors, who had proved

1 U.S. 366 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1788

Kunckle v. Kunckle

DECEMBER TERM, 1788. Kunckle v. Kunckle. AUaohment. Where a report of referees awarded money to be paid by the defendant, and on the other side, that the plaintiff should make a conveyance of land, and take up a bond and mortgage in the loa

1 U.S. 364 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law · Delaware 1788

Robinson v. Lessee of Adams

Robinson et al., appellants, v. Lessee of Adams, respondent. Construction of will. Testator devised as follows, “ Item, I give to my two sons, namely W. and E., all my land at, &c., to be equally divided between them and their heirs for eve

4 U.S. 418 Delaware Court of Errors and Appeals Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Delaware 1788

W. B. v. Latimer

SEPTEMBER TERM, 1788. W. B., surviving partner, &c., appellant, v. Latimer, respondent. Prize jurisdiction. — Effect of verdict. In case of a capture on a navigable water, the question of prize or no prize, is within the jurisdiction of the

4 U.S. 409 Delaware Court of Errors and Appeals Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury · Pennsylvania 1788

Respublica v. Sparhawk

Respublica v. Sparhawk. War powers. During the war of the revolution, congress had a right to direct the removal of any articles that were necessary to the continental army, or useful to the enemy, and in danger of falling into their hands;

1 U.S. 357 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Remanded · Pennsylvania 1788

Starret's Case

Starret’s Case. Privilege. One attending court, as a suitor, is not privileged from arrest on a ca. sa. Henry Starret, while attending the court as a suitor, was taken by a ca. sa., and Chambers moved that he might be discharged from the ar

1 U.S. 356 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1788

Hart v. James

Hart et al. v. James. Two Actions. Reference. Referees have no power to consolidate. Where referees had made one report, in two several actions ref erred to them, on promissory notes, and afterwards filed a supplementary report, distinguish

1 U.S. 355 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate · Pennsylvania 1788

Respublica v. Campbell

Respublica v. Campbell. Forcible entry. . This was an inquisition of forcible entry, &c., taken before two justices of Lancaster county. The proceedings being removed by certiorari into this court, Bradford now moved that they might be quas

1 U.S. 354 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate · Pennsylvania 1788

Walton v. Willis

SEPTEMBER TERM, 1788. Walton v. Willis. Partition in the Orphan^ Court. Under the act of 1764, the eldest son of the eldest son of an intestate was held to be entitled t« an estate which could not be divided, at the valuation, in the same m

1 U.S. 351 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1788

Abbot v. Pinchin

Abbot v. Pinchin. Practice. — Rule of reference.

1 U.S. 349 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1788

Barnard v. Field

Barnard v. Field. Primilege of freeholders. A capias cannot issue against a freeholder, even though the plaintiff directs the sheriff to accept his appearance. Rule to show cause why the capias issued in this case should not be quashed, the

1 U.S. 348 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1788

Geyer v. Smith

Geyer v. Smith. Practice. The court will not give referees instructions on a point of law. The referees appointed in this cause, applied to the court for ins .ructions on a point of law, in order to guide them in making their report. But—

1 U.S. 347 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1788

McKegg v. Crawford

*McKegg v. Crawford. Practice. — Nonpros. In this cause, there was a rule to try next term, or non-pros. / the term being elapsed, Levy, at the settlement of the docket, signed the non-pros, in the prothonotarfs office ; and now, Armstrong

1 U.S. 347 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1788

Murdoch v. Will

SEPTEMBER TERM, 1788. Murdoch v. Will. Responsibility of sheriff in replevin. The sheriff is responsible for the sufficiency of the sureties in a replevin-bond; and the value of the distress is the measure of the damages, in a suit against

1 U.S. 341 Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1788

Butcher v. Coats

Butcher v. Coats. Costs of an attachment. Two witnesses, who had been duly served with a subpoena, were brought before the court upon an attachment; but having satisfactorally proved, that they were so much indisposed, as to be utterly inca

1 U.S. 340 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1788

James v. Browne

* James v. Browne. AocounPrender. In account-render between partners, it is sufficient to charge tbe defendants generally, with the receipt of money to their joint benefit; and if the plaintiff prove a receipt from any one of the persons me

1 U.S. 339 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law · Pennsylvania 1788

Respublica v. Teischer

*Respublica v. Teischer. Indictment. An indictment will lie, for maliciously, wilfully and wickedly killing a horse. The defendant had been convicted in the county of Berks, upon an indictment for maliciously, wilfully and wickedly killing

1 U.S. 335 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion

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