WRENCH v. HART, 2 Del. Cas. 371 (1818)

Ridgely’s Notebook II, 12 MARY WRENCH, Widow, v. GEORGE HART. Orphans’ Court of Delaware, Kent County. February 20, 1818. At August, 1817, the petitioner presented her petition to layoff her dower in the land and premises of her late husband, Jacob Wrench, deceased. Andrew Nandain, tenant of the freehold. Page 372 The petition was read; […]

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STATE v. BENDER, 2 Del. Cas. 9 (1794)

Read’s Notebook, 12.[†] STATE v. VALENTINE BENDER. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. December, 1794. [†] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 34; Clayton’s Notebook, 2; Miller’s Notebook, 33; Wilson’s Red Book, 11. At the trial the Negro (who it was agreed had been freed in Maryland eight years ago) was […]

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HARVEY v. HARVEY, 1 Del. Cas. 17 (1793)

Wilson’s Red Book, 12[*] HARVEY v. HARVEY. Circuit Court of Delaware, Dover County. October 27, 1793. [*] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 45; Read’s Notebook, 14. Before PATTERSON, one of the judges of the Supreme Court,. and BEDFORD, District Judge. The parties to this suit had, under a rule of court, referred […]

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