BURTON’S LESSEE v. PRETYMAN, 1 Del. Cas. 441 (1797)

Bayard’s Notebook, 199 BURTON’S LESSEE v. PRETYMAN[1] et al.[*] Supreme Court of Delaware, Sussex County. October, 1797. [1] In other reports of this case the name is spelled “Prettyman.” [*] For earlier proceedings in this case, see Bayard’s Notebook, 90; Wilson’s Red Book, 58; id. at 174. At March Term preceding, plaintiff had recovered a […]

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CROCKET v. JOHNSON, 1 Del. Cas. 182 (1798)

Wilson’s Red Book, 199 JOSEPH CROCKET v. SIMON JOHNSON. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware. April, 1798. Debit sans breve. Narratio, cognovit actionem, and judgment; rule to show cause why judgment should not be opened upon affidavit that the bond was given in £70, and that consideration was only £50. Argument. Ridgely for defendant. Vining […]

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