Clayton’s Notebook, 57 STATE, for the Use of OBADIAH SMITH and P. SMITH, Legatees of O. Smith, v. WILLIAM HOPKINS, Administrator of J. Stafford. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April, 1818. Scire facias. The writ set forth: a judgment recovered by the State against the defendant, April Term, 1816, for £500, in […]
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STATE v. RIGGIN, 1 Del. Cas. 547 (1818)
Clayton’s Notebook, 57 STATE v. RIGGIN. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April, 1818. Indictment for an assault and battery with an intent to kidnap a free Negro. To establish the freedom of the Negro, the Attorney General offered in evidence a book from the Recorder’s office, containing a copy of a manumission […]
STATE v. RIGGIN, 1 Del. Cas. 547 (1818)
Clayton’s Notebook, 57 STATE v. RIGGIN. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April, 1818. Indictment for an assault and battery with an intent to kidnap a free Negro. To establish the freedom of the Negro, the Attorney General offered in evidence a book from the Recorder’s office, containing a copy of a manumission […]
WHITE’S LESSEE v. WHITE, 1 Del. Cas. 346 (1794)
Bayard’s Notebook, 57.[*] LESSEE OF WHITE et al. v. WHITE et al. Supreme Court of Delaware, Kent County. March, 1794. [*] This case is also reported in Wilson’s Red Book, 14. READ, C. J., CLAYTON, J. Plaintiff’s counsel offered Gilbert White as a witness. Objected by counsel for defendants that he was a guardian of […]
MILLSBOROUGH FURNACE CO. v. FINCH, 1 Del. Cas. 547 (1818)
Clayton’s Notebook, 57 MILLSBOROUGH FURNACE COMPANY v. FINCH. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April, 1818. On a rule to show cause why the defendant should not be discharged on filing common bail, an affidavit was filed by plaintiffs stating a breach of a covenant entered into by defendant to furnish the plaintiffs’ […]
COLLINS v. POLK, 2 Del. Cas. 381 (1818)
Ridgely’s Notebook II, 57 LEVIN COLLINS v. JANE POLK and JOSIAH F. POLK. Court of Chancery of Delaware, Sussex County. March 10, 1818. Bill filed March 9, 1816. Injunction issued against Jane Polk and Josiah F. Polk, and John Robinson, Sheriff, to stay proceedings at law upon the judgment and execution mentioned in the bill […]