Ridgely’s Notebook V, 362 THOMAS SPEAKMAN v. GIDEON JAQUES. Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County. In Vacation. September 5, 1827. Affidavit made before Thomas Stockton, Register, September 1, 1827; and petition for a writ of injunction to stay proceedings at law. James Booth, Jr., for petitioner. The affidavit states that in December, 1819, […]
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STATE v. HUDSON, 2 Del. Cas. 28 (1797)
Wells’ Notebook, 362 STATE v. HUDSON, RUSSEL, et al. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. 1797. The defendants entered Marvel’s house to execute a writ of homine replegiando to obtain possession of a Negro about to be exported. It appeared that the sheriff’s deputy had deputized a person to serve the writ, and the counsel […]
BRUINTON’S CASE, 2 Del. Cas. 29 (1807)
Wells’ Notebook, 362 BRUINTON’S CASE. Supreme Court of Delaware. 1807. In the case of Bruinton, an insolvent debtor, applying to be released from imprisonment, one of the creditors offered as a witness to prove a concealment of property. Cooper objected on account of interest. The Court said that in such cases the practice had been […]