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Cochran v. Cummings
Cochran et al. v. Cummings. Mescission of fraudulent contract. Where a vendor of goods has been fraudulently induced to accept in payment, a conveyance of a worthless tract of land, he may repudiate the payment, and recover the price of the
Jones v. Insurance Co. of North America
*DECEMBER TERM, 1802. Jones et al. v. Insurance Company of North America. Insurance on freight. — Partial loss. — Exception. The expenses incurred for seamen’s wages, provisions and extra-pilotage, during an embargo on a vessel, are recover
Attorney-General v. Grantees under the act of April 1792
*SEPTEMBER TERM, 1802. Attorney-General v. The Grantees under the act of April 1792. Land-warrants. — Patents. Warrants granted under the act of 3d April 1792, are not ipso facto void, where the conditions of settlement and residence, withi
Knox v. Greenleaf
*Knox et al. v. Greenleaf. Jurisdiction. — Citizenship. A citizen of one state, removing to another, purchasing real estate, paying taxes and residing in the latter for about four years, becomes a citizen thereof, so far as regards the juri
United States v. Conyngham
*MAY TERM, 1802. Present — The same Judges. United States v. Conyngham et al. Execution. — Constructive fraud. Goods, though chiefly household furniture, suffered to remain in the possession of the defendant, for more than a year after a le
Levy v. Bank of the United States
*Levy v. Bank of the United States. Bañiles. — Consideratimi. Where a forged cheek of a customer is received by a bank, as cash, and passed to the credit of a depositor (who is ignorant of the forgery, and who has paid the fall value of the
Falconer v. Montgomery
*MARCH TERM, 1802. Falconer v. Montgomery et al. Avxwd. Where, on a reference to two persons, with power to choose an umpire, if they should disagree, an umpire is appointed, who receives the statement of the case from the referees, in the
Burd v. Smith
*JANUARY TERM, 1802. Present, Smith and Brackeneidge, Justices of the Supreme Court, and Coxe, Rush and Addison, Presidents of the Common Pleas. Burd, Plaintiff in error, v. Smith, Lessee of Fitzsimons et al. , Assignment for the benefit of
Turner v. Fendall
TURNER v. FENDALL. A sheriff makes the money upon a fi fa at the suit of A. vs. B and afterwards a fi fa. against A is put into his hands, he cannot levy it upon the money of A made by the fi fa. of A v. B for it does not become the goods a
Resler v. Shehee
JACOB RESLER v. JAMES SHEHEE. After the first term next following an office judgment, in Virginia, it is a matter of mere discretion in the court whether they will admit a special plea to be filed to set aside that judgment. This was a writ
United States v. Schooner Peggy
UNITED STATES v. SCHOONER PEGGY. A final condemnation in an inferior court of admiralty, where a right of appeal exists and has been claimed, is not a definitive condemnation within the meaning of the 4th article of the convention with Fran
Wilson v. Mason
GEORGE WILSON v. RICHARD MASON, devisee of george mason, and RICHARD MASON, devisee of george mason, v. GEORGE WILSON, Waste and unappropriated lands in Kentucky, in the year 1780, could not be lawfully appropriated by survey alone, without
Austyn v. McLure
*SEPTEMBER TERM, 1801. Austyn v. McLure. Consideration. The smallest spark of benefit or accommodation is sufficient, to create a valid consideration for a promise. Case, on a special assumpsit. The declaration contained three counts, of ea
Talbot v. Seeman
SILAS TALBOT v. HANS FRED. SEEMAN. Salvage allowed to a United States ship of war, for the re-capture of a Hamburgh vessel out of the hands of the French, (France and Hamburgh being neutral to each other) on the ground that she was in dange
Penn v. Butler
Penn v. Butler. Butler v. Penn. Penn v. Penn. Same v. Same. Possession of securities. The survivor of two joint obligees, is, at law, entitled to the possession of the joint securities; and a court of equity will not interfere with the disp
Hurst's Lessee v. Jones
*MAY TERM, 1801. Present — Tilghman, Chief Justice, and Basset and Griffiths, Circuit Judges. Hurst’s Lessee v. Jones. Costs of former suit. A defendant cannot, be compelled to proceed to trial, until payment of the costs of a former action
Commonwealth v. Dallas
Commonwealth v. Dallas, Attorney of the United States, &c. Recorder of Philadelphia. The Recorder of the city of Philadelphia is not a judge, within the meaning of the 8th section of the 2d article of the constitution of the state of Pennsy
Wainwright v. Crawford
* Wainwright et al. v. Crawford. Master of vessel. The master of a vessel may bind his owners, personally, by borrowing money to make necessary repairs to the vessel, in a foreign port, if the lenders, after due inquiry, did not know that t
Mather v. Pratt
Mather v. Pratt et al. Assignment for the benefit of creditors. Where there is an assignment for the benefit of such creditors of the assignors, as shall, -within a certain period, execute a general release to them, a creditor who has not e
Pollock v. Hall
Pollock v. Hall. Same v. Same. Discontinuance. After a case has been referred, and several meetings have been held by the referees, at which the parties have exhibited their respective proofs, and have been heard, the plaintiff cannot disco
McLaughlin's Lessee v. Dawson
McLaughlin’s Lessee v. Dawson. Settlement. To constitute a legal settlement, there must be a personal residence, unless such danger exists, as would affect a man of reasonable firmness. Ejectment, for 400 acres of land, lying north-west of
Lessee of Weitzell v. Fry
Lessee of Weitzell et al. v. Fry. Parol evidence. — Judicial sale. Where land mortgaged to the trustees of the general loan-office, has been sold by the sheriff of the county, under an alleged precept from the state treasurer, issued by vir
Hepburn's Lessee v. Levy
*DECEMBER TERM, 1800. Hepburn’s Lessee v. Levy. Shifted warrant. A survey on a shifted warrant will not prevail over a subsequent descriptive one, though the warrantee had notice thereof, before his own survey was made; otherwise, of a subs
Thurston v. Koch
Thurston v. Koch. Double insurance. In cases of double insurance, the assured may, at his election, sue either set of underwriters, and recover a full indemnity;’ and if there bo a recovery against one, the others are bound to contribute ra
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