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Gupp v. Brown
Gupp et al. v. Brown. Execution of commission. X commission, issued to four commissioners jointly, was executed by three only, two of whom were of the defendant’s nomination; on objection by the defendant to the reading of the depositions,
Penn's Lessee v. Klyne
*OCTOBER TERM, 1805. Present — Washington, Justice, and Peters, District Judge. Penn’s Lessee v. Klyne. Land titles in Pennsyl/vama. The Penn family were originally the sole owners of the soil of Pennsylvania; and prior to 1119, had a legal
Huidekoper's Lessee v. Douglass
*APRIL TERM, 1805. Present — Washington, Justice, and Peters, District Judge. Huidekoper’s Lessee v. Douglass. Wa/rra/ntee. —Settlement. A grantee by warrant, of lands lying north and west of the Ohio, &c., who was prevented from making suc
Cooke v. Graham's Administrator
*Cooke v. Graham’s Administrator. Variance. — Condition of bond. A variance in date between a bond declared upon, and that produced on oyer, is matter of substance, and fatal upon the plaintiff's special demurrer to the defendant’s bad rejo
Milligan v. Milledge
*Milligan, Administrator of Milligan, v. Milledge and Wife. Equity pleading.— Want of parties. A plea in. bar to a bill in chancery, denying only part of the material facts stated in the bill, is not good. A mere denial of facts is proper f
Hallet v. Jenks
Hallet & Bowne v. Jenks and others. Marine insurance. — Illegal voyage. ,A vessel belonging to citizens of the United States, in the year 1799, driven by distress into a French port, and obliged to land her cargo, in order to make repairs,
Wilson v. Codman's Executor
Wilson v. Codman’s Executor. Pleading — Set-off.—Death of party. In a declaration, the averment that the assignment of a promissory note was for value received is-an immaterial one, and need not be proved. If the defendant plead the bankrup
Marine Insurance v. Wilson
*Marine Insurance Company of Alexandria v. Wilson. Marine insurance. — Seaworthiness.—Survey. H a policy upon a vessel have a clause “ that if the vessel, after a regular survey, should he condemned as unsound or rotten, the underwriters sh
Ray v. Law
*Ray v. Law. Appeal. — Final decree. A decree for a sale of mortgaged property, upon a bill to foreclose, is a final decree, from which an appeal will lie. Law having a mortgage on real estate in the city of Washington, and Ray having a sub
Levy v. Gadsby
Levy v. Gadsby. Usury. If A. lend money to B., who puta it out at usurious interest, and agrees to pay to A. the same-rate of interest which he is receiving upon A.’s money, this is usury between A. and B., and anindorser of B.’s note to A.
Faw v. Roberdeau's Executor
Faw v. Roberdeau’s Executor. Statute of limitations. ‘If an act of limitations have a clause “ saving to all persons non compos mentis, femes covert, infants imprisoned, or out of the commonwealth, three years after their several disabiliti
United States v. More
*United States v. Benjamin More. Jurisdiction in error. No appeal or writ of error lies in a criminal case, from the judgment of the circuit court of the-District of Columbia. Qucsre ? Whether the act of congress, abolishing the fees of jus
Hodgson v. Butts
*Hodgson v. Butts. Chattel-mortgage. A mortgage of chattels, in Virginia, is void as to creditors and subsequent purchasers, unless it be acknowledged, or proved by the oaths of three witnesses, and recorded in the same manner as conveyance
Lambert's Lessee v. Paine
*Lambert’s Lessee v. Paine. Devise in fee. A devise of “ all the estate called Marrowbone, in the county of Henry, containing by estimation. 2585 acres of land,” carries the fee. Quarre? Whether a British subject, born in England, in the ye
Dupont v. Pichon
Dupont v. Pichon. Privilege of foreign Ttmdst&r. A charge d’affaires is entitled to privilege from arrest, until his return home, although he has been for some months superseded by a minister plenipotentiary; the detention of the former bei
Welsh v. Murray
*MARCH TERM, 1805. Welsh v. Murray. Relation of judgment. As between creditors, judgments do not relate to tbe preceding term, but they take priority according to the times of their entry. Case stated for the opinion of the court. On the 1s
United States v. Hooe
United States v. Hooe et al. Priority of the United States. — Costs. The United States have no lien on the real estate of their debtor, until suit brought, or a notorious* insolvency or bankruptcy has taken place; or, being unable to pay al
Huidekoper's Lessee v. Douglass
Huidekoper’s Lessee v. Douglass. Land titles in Pennsylvania. — Holland Land Company. Under the act of Pennsylvania, of 3d April 1792, for the sale of the vacant lands, &e., the grantee, by warrant, of a tract of land, lying north and west
Adams v. Woods
Adams, qui tam, v. Woods. Statute of limitations. — Penal actions. The act of 80th April 1790, limiting prosecutions upon penal statutes, extends as well to penalties created after, as before, that act, and to actions of debt, as well as to
Peyton v. Brooke
Peyton v. Brooke. Costs of execution. In Virginia, if the first ca. sa. be returned non est, the second may include the costs of issuing both. This case came before the court, upon a bill of exceptions to the opinion of the Circuit Court of
Hepburn & Dundas v. Ellzey
*Hepburn & Dundas v. Ellzey. Jurisdiction. — Citizenship. A citizen of the District of Columbia cannot maintain an action against a citizen of Virginia, in the circuit court for the Virginia district. A citizen of the District of Columbia i
Graves & Barnewall v. Boston Marine Insurance
*Graves & Barnewall v. Boston Marine Insurance Company. Marine insurance. — Reformation of policy. A policy in the name of one joint-owner, “ as property may appear ” (without the clause stating the insurance to be for the benefit of all co
Telfair v. Stead's Executors
*Telfair et al., executors of Rae and Sommerville, v. Stead’s executors. Decedents' estates. The lands of a deceased debtor, in Georgia, are liable in equity-for the payment of his debts, with out making the heir a party to the suit. This w
United States v. The Schooner Sally
*The Schooner Sally. United States v. The Schooner Sally. Admiralty jurisdiction. The question of forfeiture of a vessel, under the act of congress against the slave trade, is of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. This was a libel in the
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