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Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law · Pennsylvania 1795

Graham v. Bickham

*DECEMBER TERM, 1795. Graham v. Bickham. Damages. Unless the penalty for breach of a contract, is a sum, agreed to be paid and received, absolutely, in lieu of performance, damages may be recovered commensurate with the injury suffered by a

4 U.S. 128 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1795

Respublica v. Ross

December Term, 1795. Respublica versus Ross. THIS was an indictment containing fix Counts, which charged the defendant, in various forms, with forging and uttering a promissory note, dated the 27th of July 1795, purporting to be a note draw

2 U.S. 239 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate · Pennsylvania 1795

Holloback v. Van Buskink

Holloback v. Van Buskink, surviving administrator, &c. Racroth et ux. v. The Same. Assumpsit. Assumpsit will lie on the part of residuary legatees, against an administrator cum testamento annexo, without proof of an express assumption by hi

4 U.S. 127 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1795

Respublica v. Bob

*SEPTEMBER TERM, 1795. Respublica v. Mulatto Bob. Murder.— Witness. Although murder in the first degree is, by the act of assembly, confined to the wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing of another, yet, the intention remains, as much

4 U.S. 125 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Family Law · Pennsylvania 1795

Penn's Lessee v. Hartman

September Term, 1795. Penn’s Lessee versus Hartman. EJECTMENT brought by the late proprietaries for a tract of land in the County of Northampton. On the trial it was material for the lessors of the plaintiff to Chew, that a survey had been

2 U.S. 230 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1795

Talbot v. Janson

Talbot, Appellant, versus Janson, Appellee, et al. THIS was a Writ of Error, in the nature of an Appeal, from the Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina; and the following circumstances appeared upon the pleadings :— A Libel was f

3 U.S. 133 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1795

United States v. Peters

August Term, 1795. A COMMISSION, bearing date the 1st of July, 1795, was read, by which, during the recess of Congress, John Rutledge, Esquire, was appointed Chief Justice, till the end of the next session of the Senate. The United States v

3 U.S. 121 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a · Pennsylvania 1795

Hannum v. Spear

August Session, 1795. Hannum, et al. Plaintiffs in Error versus Spear, Defendant, in Error. THIS was a writ of Error from the Supreme Court, founded on a bill of exceptions, taken at Nisi Prius, in Chester County, on a trial before M‘Kean,

2 U.S. 291 Pennsylvania High Court of Errors and Appeals Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1795

Vanhorne's Lessee v. Dorrance

April Term, 1795. Present, Patterson and Peters, Justices. Vanhorne’s Lessee versus Dorrance. THIS was a cause of great expectation, involving feveral important questions of constitutional law, in relation to the territorial controversy bet

2 U.S. 304 United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law · Pennsylvania 1795

Respublica v. Guardians of the Poor of Philadelphia

April Term, 1795. Respublica versus The Guardians of the Poor of Philadelphia. THIS was a motion for a mandamus, commanding the defendants to proceed to another election of the managers of the House of Employment. By the act of Assembly, pa

2 U.S. 224 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1795

Penhallow v. Doane's Administrators

Penhallow, et al. versus Doane’s Administrators THIS was a Writ of Error, directed to the Circuit Court for the District of New-Hampshire. The case was argued from the 6th to the 17th of February ; the Attorney General of the United States,

3 U.S. 54 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Immigration Law 1795

United States v. Lawrence

The United States versus Judge Lawrence. A MOTION was made by the Attorney General of the United States (Bradford) for a Rule to shew cause why a Mandamus should not be directed to John Lawrence, Judge of the District of New York, in order

3 U.S. 42 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Personal Injury 1795

Bingham v. Cabbot

Bingham, Plaintiff in Err. versus Cabbot et al. THIS was a writ of error to remove the proceedings from the Circuit Court, for the district of Massachusetts; and on the return of the reccord, it appeared, that the defendants in error, being

3 U.S. 19 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1795

United States v. Hamilton

February Term, 1795. The United States versus Hamilton. THE prisoner had been committed upon the warrant of the District Judge of Pennsylvania, charging him with High Treason; and being now brought into court upon a Habeas Corpus, Lewis all

3 U.S. 17 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1795

Same Cause

The Same Cause. In the course of the trial the following points were ruled by the Court. I. The Attorney of the District proposed to prove, that a circular letter had been written at Canonsburgh, on the 28th of July 1794, by several leaders

2 U.S. 357 United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1795

United States v. Mitchell

The United States versus Mitchell. INDICTMENT for High Treason, by levying war against the United States. It was alledged, that the prisoner was one of the party that assembled at Couche's Fort, armed; that he proceeded thence to Gen. Nevil

2 U.S. 348 United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1795

United States v. Vigol

The United States versus Vigol. INDICTMENT for high treason, in levying war against the United States. The prisoner was one of the most alive of the insurgents in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania, and had accompanied the armed party, wh

2 U.S. 346 United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1795

United States v. Porter

The United States versus Porter. INDICTMENT for high treason, committed in the county of Allegheny in the state of Pennsylvania, by levying war against the United States. After a long examination of witnesses it was discovered, that the def

2 U.S. 345 United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1795

United States v. Stewart

The United States versus Stewart. The Same versus Wright. THE Prisoners being brought to the bar, on separate charges of High Treason, Lewis read their depositions, stating the absence of material witnesses in both cases, and moved to post-

2 U.S. 343 United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1795

United States v. Montgomery

The United States versus Montgomery. AN attachment being awarded against the witnesses, who did not attend at the return of the subpoena that had issued in this cause on the part of the defendant, the Marshall (Nichols ) suggested that they

2 U.S. 335 United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1795

United States v. Caldwell

The United States versus Caldwell: THIS was an indictment for a misdemeanor committed in Northumberland County, in which a subpoena had issued, on the part of the defendant, to summon Samuel M'Clay, Efq. and John M'Pherson, Efq. Associate J

2 U.S. 333 United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1795

Geyger's Lessee v. Geyger

Geyger’s Lessee versus Geyger. A RULE had been obtained by the plaintiff, requiring the defendant to shew cause, why an order should not be made for the production of certain deeds and papers on the trial of this cause, agreeably to the pro

2 U.S. 332 United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1795

Parasset v. Gautier

Parasset versus Gautier. A CAPIAS had issued in this suit, returnable to the present Term ; but previously to the return of the writ, there had been a hearing before Judge Peters, at his chambers, upon a citation to shew cause, why the defe

2 U.S. 330 United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania Read opinion
Outcome n/a Family Law 1795

Unites States v. Guinet

The Unites States versus Guinet, et al. THIS was an indictment against Etienne Guinet and John Baptist Le Maitre, for a misdemeanor in sitting out and arming Les Jumeaux (The Twins) in the port of Philadelphia, to be employed in the service

2 U.S. 321 United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania Read opinion

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