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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
United States v. Fisher
United States v. Fisher et al., assignees of Blight, a bankrupt. Priority of the United States. In all cases of insolvency or bankruptcy of a debtor of the United States, they are entitled to priority of payment out of his effects. It exten
Reily v. Lamar, Beall & Smith
Reily, appellant, v. Lamar, Beall and Smith, appellees. Citiaenshi/p. — Insol/veney.—Citation. The inhabitants of the District of Columbia, by its separation from the states of Virginia and’ Maryland, ceased to be citizens of those states r
Winchester v. Hackley
Winchester v. Hackley. Set-off. A creditor upon open account, who has assigned his claim to a third person, with the assent of the debtor, is still competent to maintain an action at law in his own name, against the debtor, for the use of t
McIlvaine v. Lessee
McIlvaine v. Coxe’s Lessee. QiUzenshvp. Quiere? Whether a person born in the colony of New Jersey, before the war with Great Britain and who resided there until the year 1777, but who then joined the British army in Philadelphia, and afterw
Commonwealth v. Franklin
*DECEMBER TERM, 1804. Commonwealth v. Franklin et al. Certiorari. A certiorari issued to remove an indictment from a court of quarter sessions of &e., to the circuit court, was directed to the judges of the court of common pleas of &c., and
Walker v. Smith
Walker et al. v. Smith. Factor. — Damages. One who accepts a consignment, is liable in damages for a breach of instructions, though his services' were rendered gratuitously. Where there is a legal measure of damages, the jury are bound by i
Hurst's Case
*OCTOBER TERM, 1804. Present — Washington, Justice, and Peters, District Judge. Hurst’s Case. Privilege of suitor. A citizen of another state, who, when in attendance on court as a suitor, has been subpoenaed aa a witness in another case, i
Duncanson v. McLure
Duncanson v. McLure. Title to vessel. — Illegal conta/rct. An agreement for the sale of a ship, at a future day, the purchase-money being secured, is an immediate transfer of the title. Murgatroyd v. Crawford, 3 Dall. 491, overruled. One wh
Rundle v. Murgatroyd's assignees
*Rundle v. Murgatroyd’s assignees. Bctnkrwptey. Under the bankrupt law of 1800, a mortgage given by an insolvent, to secure a legacy bequeathed to his wife, which he had received and used in his business, is void, as against the assignee, t
Commonwealth v. Matlack
*SEPTEMBER TERM, 1804. Commonwealth v. Matlack. Defalcation. In an action at the suit of the commonwealth, the defendant cannot have a certificate of a balance in his favor. The defendant had been clerk of the Senate ; and in that character
Willing v. United States
Willing et al., Plaintiffs in error, v. United States. Shipping. — Registry.—American character. The sate of part of a vessel, by parol, whilst at sea, to an .American citizen, and a resale to the vendor, on her arrival in port, and before
United States v. Passmore
*APRIL TERM, 1804. Present — Washington, Justice, and Peters, District Judge. United States v. Thomas Passmore. Rerjwry. — Repeal of statute. Perjury, under the bankrupt law of 1800, was not indictable, under the act of 80th April 1790, § 1
Ogden v. Blackledge
*Ogden, administrator of Cornell, v. Blackledge, executor of Salter. Gonstitmbional law. — Decla/ratory act. — Statute of l/vmitaúons. The 9th section of the act of assembly of North Carolina, passed in 1716, which directs that unless the c
Mason v. The Ship Blaireau
*The Blaireau. William Mason and others, libellants, v. The Ship Blaireau. Salvage. — Deviation.—Jurisdiction. One-third part of the gross value of the ship and cargo allowed for salvage, and one-third of the salvage decreed to the owners o
Church v. Hubbart
*Church v. Hubbart. Mearme mswram.ee. — Illioit trade. — Foreign laws. If it be inserted in a policy, that “ the insurers are not liable for seizure by the Portuguese for illicit trade,” and the vessel be seized and condemned for an attempt
Blakeney v. Evans
Blakeney v. Evans. Assumpsit for work
Commonwealth v. Lyon
Commonwealth v. Lyon. Certiora/ri. A certiorari to remove an indictment from a court of quarter sessions to a circuit court will be granted, on an application by the defendant, supported by his affidavit in the usual form, unless something
Deshler v. Beery
Deshler v. Beery. Warner of dower. Testator, iidet alia, bequeathed to bis widow 10001, and appointed her and two others executors; before his death, he had sold and conveyed certain premises, taking bonds and a mortgage from the purchaser
Maybin v. Coulon
*MARCH TERM, 1804. Maybin, surviving partner, &c., v. Coulon. Coulon v. Maybin, surviving partner, &c. Illegal eontraet. An action cannot be maintained in our courts, founded on a contract between a citizen and an alien, by which the former
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