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Wood v. Owings
GABRIEL WOOD, original defendant, v. WILLIAM OWINGS AND JOB SMITH, assignees of William Robb, a bankrupt, original plaintiff. A deed of lands in Maryland, signed, sealed, and delivered on the 30th of May, and knowledged on the 14th of June,
Kingston v. Girard
Kingston v. Girard. InsuroMce. — Deviation. If a vessel, which has been captured, carried out of her course, and afterwards released, remain, for the purpose of trading, a longer time than is necessary to prepare for her voyage, at the port
Bell v. Beveridge
Bell v. Beveridge. Marine insurance. — Abandonment. The plaintiff, a resident in Philadelphia, received notice, in August 1793, of the seizure by the French government, of goods which he had insured ; soon afterwards, he left home, in conse
Passmore v. Pettit
Passmore v. Pettit & Bayard. Awwrd by umpire. An umpire chosen under a rule of reference, by the referees, must not rely upon the information reported by them, but he must examine the case himself, in the presence of the parties. An award w
Mitchell v. Smith
*Mitchell, Plaintiff in error, v. Smith. Illegal contract A bond given in consideration of the purchase of land in Luzerne county, under the Connecticut title, is void. Error from the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county, where an action
Black v. Wistar
Black, Plaintiff in error, v. Wistar. Waiver of error. — Amendment. Error may be waived, by consent. Where there is a variance between the writ and the count, the writ may be amended by the preecipe, and if the execution varies from the jud
Mayor of Philadelphia v. Mason
*MARCH TERM, 1803. The Mayor, &c., of Philadelphia v. Mason. Penal action. The return to a certiorari to remove the proceedings before the Mayor of Philadelphia, under an ordinance against huckstering, did not state a conviction, the offenc
Hepburn v. Auld
HEPBURN AND DUNDAS v. COLIN AULD. This was an action of debt brought by Hepburn and Dundas against Colin Auld in the circuit court of the district of Columbia, for the penalty of an agreement dated 27th September 1799, between the plaintiff
Hamilton v. Russell
THOMAS HAMILTON v. JAMES RUSSELL. Error from the circuit court of the district of Columbia sitting at Alexandria. An absolute bill of sale of goods, is fraudulent as to creditors, unless possession accompanies and follows the deed. The want
Mandeville v. Riddle
MANDEVILLE AND JAMESON v. JOSEPH RIDDLE AND CO. In Virginia, an indorsee of a promissory note can not maintain an action against a remote indorser, for want of privity. Error from the circuit court of the district of Columbia sitting at Ale
Wilson v. Lenox
WILSON v. LENOX AND MAITLAND. A declaration in debt, under the law of Virginia, upon a protested bill of exchange for the principal, interest, damages and cost of protest, must aver the amount of those costs of protest. Quere, whether if th
Fenwick v. Sears's Administrators
FENWICK v. SEARS’S ADMINISTRATORS. An administrator, having had letters of administration in Maryland before the separation of the district of Columbia from the original states, can not, after that separation, maintain an action in that par
United States v. Simms
UNITED STATES v. SIMMS. The act of congress of 27th Feb. and 3d of March, 1801, concerning the district of Columbia, have not changed the laws of Maryland and Virginia, adopted by congress as the laws of that district, any further than the
Hooe v. Groverman
HOOE AND CO. v. GROVERMAN. Error from the circuit court of the district of Columbia, in an action of covenant by Groverman, owner of the brig Nancy, against Hooe and co. the freighters, for demurrage, at the port of Falmouth, in England, fr
Clark v. Young
BAILEY E. CLARK, v. ROBERT YOUNG, AND CO. In Virginia it is not absolutely necessary, in all cases, to sue the maker of a promissory note, to entitle the holder to an action against the indorser. If a promissory note of a third person be in
Lloyd v. Alexander
LLOYD v. ALEXANDER et al. A citation must accompany the writ of error. The writ of error in this case was quashed because it was not accompanied by a citation.
Abercrombie v. Dupuis
ABERCROMBIE v. DUPUIS AND ANOTHER. Error to a judgment of the circuit court for the district of Georgia. The plaintiffs below (or petitioners as they are called in the record) “aver, that they do “severally reside without the limits of the
United States v. Hooe
UNITED STATES v. R. T. HOOE AND OTHERS. Under the judiciary act of 1789, in chancery cases, a statement of facts must accompany the transcript. This provision was revived by the repeal of the act of February 1801. This was a writ of error t
Thompson v. Jameson
THOMPSON v. JAMESON. An action of debt for £. 860 12 1, founded on a decree in chancery, is not supported by a decree for £ 860 12 1 with interest from a certain day to the day of rendering the decree. But the variance is fatal. Upon an att
Clarke v. Bazadone
CLARKE v. BAZADONE. A writ of error does not lie from the supreme court of the U. States to the general court for the Territory north-west of the Ohio. This was a writ of error issued from this court to the general court for the territory n
Marbury v. Madison
WILLIAM MARBURY v. JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State of the United States. FEBRUARY, 1803. At the last term, viz. December term, 1801, William Marbury, Dennis Ramsay, Robert Townsend Hooe, and William Harper, by their counsel, Charles Lee,
Commonwealth v. Franklin
Commonwealth v. Franklin et al. Intrusion law. The act of 11th April 1796, declaring, as criminal offences, the taking possession of lands, or conspiring to convey, possess or settle them, in the counties of Northampton, &c., under any titl
Commonwealth v. Gibbs
Commonwealth v. Gibbs. Elections. Under the act of 15th February 1799, a judge of elections had no right to exact an oath from an elector, that he did not join the British forces, during the revolutionary war, or was not attainted of high t
Fitzgerald v. Caldwell's executors
*Fitzgerald v. Caldwell’s executors. Interest on judgment. A judgment nisi was made absolute by an agreement, which stipulated that proceedings should be stayed, until the trial of certain foreign attachments, which had been laid, before th
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