DICK v. GIBBINS, 1 Del. 223 (1799)

Wilson’s Red Book, 234 NEGRO DICK v. BETSY GIBBINS and JOSIAH GIBBINS. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April 30, 1799. Ridgely, Bayard and Wilson for petitioner Hall and Vining for defendants. Evidence that four or five years ago Joshua Gibbins, father of defendants, thought himself about to die and made a verbal […]

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WAPLES v. HALL, 1 Del. Cas. 463 (1798)

Bayard’s Notebook, 234.[*] WAPLES v. HALL et al. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. November, 1798. [*] This case is also reported in Wilson’s Red Book, 217, Rodney’s Notes, Nov. 22, 1798. This was trover for 408 bushels of corn, thirteen stacks of fodder, and thirty bushels of potatoes. Burton Waples, the grandfather […]

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HAZZARD v. WALTON, 1 Del. Cas. 221 (1799)

Wilson’s Red Book, 234 ARTHUR HAZZARD v. GEORGE WALTON. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April 30, 1799. Peery and Ridgely for plaintiff. Wilson for defendant. Plaintiff claimed under a prior sale from same first owner and offered among others a receipt for £3.15.0 dated since action brought. Wilson objected that such receipt […]

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