Wilson’s Red Book, 168 DUNLAP et al. v. JAMES BROWN. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. March 6, 1797. Judgment, July 3, 1795, venditioni and lands sold. And motion to set aside an execution and open judgment on proof that defendant, who is since dead, was drunk at the time and had been […]
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PHILLIS v. LEWIS, 1 Del. Cas. 417 (1796)
Bayard’s Notebook, 168 PHILLIS v. EVAN LEWIS. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Kent County. November, 1796. Page 418 The petitioner claimed her freedom on the ground that her grandmother, who was imported into this country was a native of Asia. It appeared that her grandmother was an Asiatic, but that she and the mother […]