Articles Tagged: Bayard’s Notebook

Bayard’s Notebook, 156.[*] SHELTMAN’S[1] LESSEE v. COULTER. Supreme Court of Delaware, Sussex County. October, 1796. [*] This case is also reported in Wilson’s Red Book, 150. [1] In the account of this case in Wilson’s Red Book the name is spelled “Shelpman.” Ejectment for thirty-five acres of land, parcel of a tract called “Red Oak.” […]

Bayard’s Notebook, 95 WADLES v. PRETTYMAN et al. Supreme Court of Delaware, Sussex County. March, 1795. Estate pur autre vie. The cestui que vie died before the rent was payable, and the question was whether the rent was apportionable between the tenant pur autre vie and remainderman. PER CURIAM. The rent is apportionable, and it […]

Bayard’s Notebook, 152 FRAZER v. GORDON’S EXECUTORS. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. October 27, 1796. Present. KILLEN, Chancellor. READ, Chief Justice. ROBINSON and JOHNS, Justices. Writ of error upon a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas of Kent County. The plaintiff in error, who was plaintiff below, brought an action of […]

Bayard’s Notebook, 235 HUNN’S EXECUTORS v. COLLINS’ EXECUTORS. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Kent County. August 1, 1798 (Adjourned). Daniel Robinson, being seised in fee of a certain tract of land, on the 1st June, 1760, mortgaged it to the Trustee of the Loan Office of Kent County to secure the payment of sixty […]

Bayard’s Notebook, 188 GUYER, Surviving Partner of Sheward, v. R. and A. DAWES. Supreme Court of Delaware, New Castle County. April, 1797. Page 431 Upon the trial of this cause several points were ruled by the Court. First, the deposition of one James Wilder was offered in evidence on behalf of the defendant. It was […]