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Dunlop & Co. v. Ball
*Dunlop & Co. v. Ball. Presumption of payment. To raise a presumption of payment, from the age of a bond, twenty years must have elapsed exclusive of the period of the plaintiff’s disability. ■Legal impediments to the recovery of British de
Little v. Barreme
The Flying Fish. Little et al. v. Barreme et al. Responsibility of na/oal officer for illegal seizure. — Probable cause. The commander of a ship of war of the United States, in obeying his instructions from the President of the United State
Head & Amory v. Providence Insurance
Head & Amory v. The Providence Insurance Co. Marine insurance. — Powers of corporations. 1£ the insured make a proposition to the underwriters, to cancel the policy, which proposition is rejected; and the underwriters afterwards assent to t
Murray v. The Schooner Charming Betsy
The Charming Betsy. Alexander Murray, Esq., v. The Schooner Charming Betsy. Marine trespass. — Probable oause. — Damages.—-Expai/rialion.—Armed vessel. An American vessel, sold in a Danish island, to a person who was born in the United Stat
Pennington v. Coxe
Pennington v. Coxe. Internal taxes. Sugar refined, but not sold and sent out of the manufactory, before the 1st of July 1802, is not liable to any duty, upon being sent out after that day. Coxe v. Pennington, 1 W. C. C. 65, reversed. This w
Faw v. Marsteller
Faw v. Marsteller. Depreciation. In a deed, made in the year 1779, of land, rendering an annual rent of 26?. current money of “Virginia for ever, the rents are not to be reduced by the scale of depreciation, but the actual annual value of t
Capron v. Van Noorden
Capron v. Van Noorden. Absence of jurisdiction. A plaintiff may assign for error, the want of jurisdiction in that court to which he has chosen to resort. A party may take advantage of an error in his favor, if it be an error of the court.
Ogle v. Lee
Ogle v. Lee. O&rtifieate of division. — Error to final judgment. If a question upon which the judges below differ in opinion be certified to this court, and here decided, the parties are not precluded from a writ of error on the final judgm
Wood v. Wagnon
Wood v. Wagnon. Averments to confer jurisdiction. The courts of the United States have not jurisdiction in cases between citizens of the United States, unless the record expressly states them to be citizens of different states. Error from t
Lea v. Yard
*JANUARY SESSION, 1804. Present — Chew, President of the Court, and Rush, Riddle, Henry and Roberts, Presidents of the Common Pleas. Lea, executrix, et al., v. Yard. Hazlehurst et al. v. Dallas, Secretary of the Commonwealth. An auctioneer’
Crousillat v. Ball
Crousillat v. Ball. Barratry. Barratry is an act committed by the master of a vessel, of a criminal nature, without the license or consent of the owner; there must be fraud in the transaction, and should the act be done solely to benefit th
Commonwealth v. McKissick
Commonwealth v. McKissick et al. Oity lots. The act of the 9th of March 1796, declared those Pennsylvania claimants who had complied with the terms of the confirming law (while the said law was in existence), entitled to the benefit of the
McCulloch v. Young
*McCulloch, administrator, &c., v. Young. Foreign executors. An action can be maintained in the courts of Pennsylvania, under the authority of letters of administration granted in another state. This was an action on the case, brought again
Cramond v. Bank of the United States
*Cramond et al., executors of Cay, v. Bank of the United States. Set-off. A garnishee in foreign attachment, after the death of the attaching creditors, cannot set off against the claim attached, a responsibility of the attaching creditors
Crawford v. Willing
*DECEMBER TERM, 1803. Crawford et al. v. Willing et al. Interest. — Pa/rtners. Interest is due on the ascertained balance of an account, from the time of a demand of payment. In case of a war, the payment of interest on a debt due by a citi
Watson v. Insurance Co. of North America
Watson et al. v. Insurance Company of North America. Marine mswrcmee. — JPcvrUal loss. Where there has been a capture and condemnation, but no abandonment to the underwriters, the jury may estimate the spes recuperandi, deduct it from the w
Commonwealth v. Baynton
* Commonwealth v. Baynton et al. Sureties on official bond. Where an officer is elected annually, and gives a new bond, on a re-election, his sureties are only responsible for a deficit occurring during the year. Debt, on the official bond
Sharpless v. Welsh
*SEPTEMBER TERM, 1803. Sharpless v. Welsh et al. Trust. Where a bill is remitted, with directions to appropriate the proceeds among certain creditors, in designated proportions, the party receiving it beeomes a trustee for the creditors, an
McFadden v. Parker
McFadden v. Parker et al. Disoha/rge of indorser. If the indorsee of a note, after obtaining judgment against the maker, should discharge him from custody under a ca. sa. issued by virtue of the judgment, the debt will be extinguished and t
Humphries v. Blight's assignees
Humphries v. Blight’s assignees. Bankruptcy. — Set-off. Where the holder of a negotiable note indorses it to a third person, after a commission of bankruptcy has issued against the payee, the indorsee may prove under the commission, but sub
Balfour's Lessee v. Meade
*APRIL TERM, 1803. Present — Washington, Justice, and Peters, District Judge. Balfour’s Lessee v. Meade. Settlement. To constitute a settlement, under the act of April 3d 1792, so as to vest in any one an inceptive title to the lands lying
Hodgson v. Dexter
HODGSON v. DEXTER. This was an action of covenant brought by Joseph Hodgson against Samuel Dexter, late secretary at war, for not keeping in good repair, and for not delivering up in like good repair at the end of the term, certain premises
Stuart v. Laird
STUART v. LAIRD. Error from the 5th circuit in the Virginia district. A cause may, by act of congress, be transferred from inferior tribunal to another. A contemporary and exposition of the constitution, practised and acquiesced under for a
Marine Insurance Co. of Alexandria v. Young
MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY of Alexandria, v. JAMES YOUNG. This was an action brought in the circuit court the district of Columbia, by James Young, against the Marine Insurance Company of Alexandria, upon a policy insurance on the brigantine
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