BUCKMASTER v. BUCKMASTER, 1 Del. Cas. 510 (1814)

Clayton’s Notebook, 30 N. BUCKMASTER v. J. BUCKMASTER and WIFE, Executrix of G. Buckmaster. Court of Chancery of Delaware, Kent County. August, 1814. On an affidavit of Joseph Buckmaster, one of the defendants, being filed, stating that the complainant removed out of the state soon after filing his bill, and that he had for a […]

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NEGRO v. RICHARDS, 1 Del. Cas. 31 (1794)

Wilson’s Red Book, 30 NEGRO v. DAVID RICHARDS. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. November 28, 1794. Peery for defendant moved the Court in the evening for a hearing, suggesting that defendant had been ready often for trial, and that he was deprived of the service of the Negro. Bayard for plaintiff said […]

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NEGRO v. RICHARDS, 1 Del. Cas. 31 (1794)

Wilson’s Red Book, 30 NEGRO v. DAVID RICHARDS. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. November 28, 1794. Peery for defendant moved the Court in the evening for a hearing, suggesting that defendant had been ready often for trial, and that he was deprived of the service of the Negro. Bayard for plaintiff said […]

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STATE v. JIM, 1 Del. Cas. 335 (1793)

Bayard’s Notebook, 30 STATE v. SNOWHILL JIM and BENJAMIN JOHNSON. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. December, 1793. Jacob Miller, a free Negro, was offered as a witness for the State, to whose competency Clark and Vandyke, counsel for the defendants, objected upon two grounds: first, that an infamous judgment had been passed upon him; […]

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DURBOROUGH v. RINGGOLD, 1 Del. Cas. 510 (1814)

Clayton’s Notebook, 30 DURBOROUGH v. RINGGOLD, Executrix of Ringgold. Court of Chancery of Delaware, Kent County. August, 1814. Bill for an injunction to stay proceedings at common law on a bond which had been given by complainant to the defendant’s testator in his lifetime. The defendant, in her answer, admitted that the testator, her husband, […]

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