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Duffield v. Stille
Duffield versus Stille. THIS was an action, for mesne profits, after a recovery in ejectment. It appeared, that subsequent to that recovery, the plaintiff had conveyed the fee simple of the premises to the defendant, in the usual manner, by
Foxcraft v. Nagle
Foxcraft versus Nagle. WITHIN the four first days of the term, Ingersoll and Tilghman moved for a new trial on the point of a misdirection of the judge. Serjeant objected to the rule, no notice in writing of the intended motion having been
Gorgerat v. M'Carty
Gorgerat et al. versus M'Carty. THIS was an action brought by the indorsors, the payees against the acceptor of a Bill of Exchange ; which was drawn in France, and had been several times indorsed, and judgment was confessed by the defendant
Nesbit v. Pope
Nesbit versus Pope. THE defendant had, at a former term, obtained a rule to try, or non pros. At this term the defendant’s counsel, not recollecting this, desired the plaintiff to continue the cause, which he agreed to, and the Prothonotary
Jackson v. Vanderspreigle's, Executor
Jackson versus Vanderspreigle’s, Executor. THIS was an action brought to recover the amount of a bond, in favor of the Testatrix, which the Executor had received. The plaintiff claimed it as a legacy, under the following words in the will :
Caton v. M'Carty
Caton, Assignee of the Sheriff, versus M‘Carty. LEVY had obtained a rule to shew cause, why the proceedings on the bail-bond should not be said, on the ground that the plaintiff had accepted the defendant’s appearance, by filing a declarati
Hood's Executors v. Nesbit
January Term, 1792. Hood’s Executors v. Nesbit, et. al. THIS was an action (tried at the sittings in Philadelphia in Nov. last) brought on a policy of insurance on the ship America, commanded by captain W. Keeler, from Philadelphia, to, at
Little v. Dawson
*Little v. Dawson et al., Executors of Jones. Assumpsit. If services are rendered, merely in expectation of a legacy, without any contract, express or implied, an action cannot be maintained for them. Case, for services rendered by Jane Bit
Joy's Lessee v. Cossart
September Term, 1791. Joy’s Lessee, versus Cossart, et al. EJECTMENT for a heuse, in the city of Philadelphia. The Lessors of the plaintiff were assignees, under a commission of bankruptcy issued against one Christian Wirtz, of whom Doctor
Respublica v. Lacaze
September Term, 1791. Respublica versus Lacaze. et. al. THIS was an action of debt in the debet et detinet, for £4000 sterling, equal to £. 6,666. 13. 8. currency, brought in the name of the commonwealth for the use of Lewis Lanoix, against
West v. Barnes
Auguft Term, 1791. West, Plf. in Err. versus Barnes, et al. ON the firft day of the term, Bradford prefented to the court, a writ, purporting to.be a writ of error, iflued out pf the oflice of the clerk of the circuit court for Rhode JJland
Respublica v. Roberts
April Term, 1791. Respublica versus Roberts. THIS was an indictment for adultery, which had been found in the Quarter Sessions, of Bucks County. The woman was married; but the indictment did not state the defendant to be so; and, indeed, th
Douglass's Lessee v. Sanderson
April Term, 1791. Douglass's Lessee versus Sanderson. ON the trial of this cause, before Judge Bryan, at Nisi Prius, in Cumberland, in November 1790, the Plaintiff offered in evidence a deed, and to prove its execution by the hand writing o
Ingraham v. Gibbs
Ingraham, Indorsee v. Gibbs, et. al. THIS was an action brought on two Bills of Exchange; and upon the trial the following facts appeared :—The defendants were the consignees of Cornelius Schenkhcuse of Amsterdam, who had sent a considerabl
Bond v. Haas's Executors
Bond versus Haas’s Executors. THIS was a Scire Facias on a mortgage, dated 15th August 1777, for the payment of £250. at four per cent, current money of Pennsylvania, in one year. At the time the mortgage was executed continental money was
Ricup v. Bixter
Ricup versus Bixter, et al. THE defence set up in his action was a tender of continental money, in 1783. As the proof respecting the date of the bills was not clear, the defendant’s counsel contended, that by the act of 3d April, 1781, no m
Frey v. Leeper
Frey versus Leeper. THE determination of this cause turned on the following point, which was submitted to the Court, to wit; whether goods, which, after being distrained for rent, had been replevied, and delivered to the plaintiff in replev
Sweeny's Lessee v. Toner
Sweeny's Lessee versus Toner. THE material facts, on the trial of this ejectment, appeared to be these: The defendant went into Northumberland County, in the year 1737, and made an improvement on a tract of land, which tract he afterwards e
Thompson v. Thompson
Thompson versus Thompson. LIBEL for a divorce a mensa et thoro, charging the defendant with various acts of cruelty, and indignities, that rendered the Libellant’s situation insupportable. Defendant, protestando, &c. pleaded, that before th
Scott v. Crosdale
Scott versus Crosdale. THIS was an action of Dower, brought in Bucks County, against the defendant, who had purchased lands, sold by the sheriff under a judgment obtained on a Scire Facias on a mortgage. The mortgage was executed by the hus
Leech v. Armitage
Leech versus Armitage. THIS was an action of trespass for cutting trees. The defendant pleaded Liberum Tenementum; and the plaintiff replied Liberum Tenementum suum absque hoc, &c. The trial came on at Nisi Prius, in Montgomery County, befo
Sharpe v. Thatcher
October Sessions, 1790. Sharpe versus Thatcher. THIS was a certiorari to remove the judgment given in this case by Justice Wharton. On a motion made by Serjeant to reverse the judgment, it appeared that thatcher, the present defendant, had
Walker v. Wallace
September Term, 1790. Walker, et al. versus Wallace, et al. THIS was a Scire Facias against the defendants as garnishees of Waldo, against whom a Foreign Attachment had been issued. On the trial it was ruled
Bowen v. Douglass
August Sittings, 1790. Bowen versus Douglass. THE Plaintiff had taken out a subpoena, returnable to December term last, for two witneffes, who lived in Montgomery County; but as they did not then appear, an attachment, directed to the Sheri
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