Read’s Notebook, 3.[*] BURTON’S LESSEE v. PRETTYMAN. Supreme Court of Delaware. November 3, 1793. [*] This case is also reported in Wilson’s Red Book, S. Motion for a new struck jury but withdrawn by consent. Bayard, counsel for [___],[1] said the former Chief Justice had said he knew of no rule of practice, “that had […]
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IN RE McCOWIN’S ESTATE, 1 Del. Cas. LXII (1771)
Hilles’ Notebook, 3 MATTER OF JOHN McCOWIN’S ESTATE. Orphans’ Court of Delaware. February, 1771. In passing the administration account of John McCowin, the Court’s opinion was asked whether the account of a physician for his attendance and medicine exhibited to a man in his last illness should not be deemed a debt of the highest […]
MORRISON v. WEIR, 1 Del. Cas. 647 (1793)
Miller’s Notebook, 3.[*] MORRISON v. WEIR. Supreme Court of Delaware, New Castle County. October, 1793. [*] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 1. On motion to quash the proceedings on the return of a justice of the peace to a certiorari. The first and principal part of the record returned was the report […]
MATTHEWS v. STOCKLEY, 1 Del. Cas. 7 (1793)
Wilson’s Red Book, 3 WILLIAM MATTHEWS v. WOODMAN STOCKLEY. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware. 1793. Page 8 Case. First count that defendant sold plaintiff and gave him his alienation bond for eighty-five [acres] at five dollars per acre, for which plaintiff paid him and received a deed, but there is a deficiency of acres […]