Articles Tagged: Ridgely’s Notebook I

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 126 THOMAS DALE and ELIZABETH, his Wife, late Elizabeth Snow, v. CLAYTON SNOW, late Guardian of Elizabeth. Orphans’ Court of Delaware, Kent County. August 11, 1817. Appeal taken to two guardian accounts passed by the guardian before the Register. One March 16, 1815; the other, April 29, 1817. Clayton for appellants. Exceptions: […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 137 SAMUEL TALBOT and ALLAN TALBOT v. FREDERICK MOORE. Court of Chancery of Delaware, Kent County. August 14, 1817. Clayton for complainant. Hayes for defendant. [PER CURIAM.] This is a mere matter of fact, which is clearly proved on the part of the defendant, so that complainants have not the shadow of […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 137 THOMAS BARDLEY and WILLIAM BARDLEY v. ROBERT PALMATRY, Executor of Rachel Jordan. Court of Chancery of Delaware, Kent County. August 14, 1817. Hall for complainants. Ridgely for defendant. Mr. Hall reads the bill. Mr. Ridgely reads the answer. This was a question merely to identify the complainants. Decree in favor of […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 37 HARDING WILLIAMS v. ELI MENDENHALL, Administrator of Jessie Pritchett, Surviving Partner of Isaac Stern, defendant below, defendant in error. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. June 13, 1817. Writ of error to the Justices of the Supreme Court, New Castle County. Citation issued returnable to August Term, 1815. Sheriff […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 45 RICHARD C. DALE v. ROWLAND SMITH and JOSEPH TERRAPINE. Court of Chancery of Delaware. August 20, 1814. [For this case see, 1 Del. Ch. 1, 11.] Page 316

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 237 JOHN VAN DYKE, ABRAHAM VAN DYKE, THOMAS ROBINSON and SUSAN, his Wife, late Susan Van Dyke, and ELIZA VAN DYKE v. KENSEY JOHNS, Esq. Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County. September 5, 1817. [For this case, see 1 Del. Ch. 93.]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 115 SAMUEL MOORE, TACITUS MOORE, THOMAS MOORE and NICHOLAS BELL and ESTHER, his Wife, and PRETTYMAN CANNON and HARRIET, his Wife, Representatives of Thomas Moore, and TACITUS MOORE, Administrator of Thomas Moore v. THOMAS RIDER, JACOB MARINE, DR. THOMAS ROBERTSON, and OUTERBRIDGE HORSEY, Administrators of William Moore. Court of Chancery of Delaware, […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 10[*] DAVID NIVIN, defendant below, v. STATE, plaintiff below, for the Use of JOHN FIELD et al. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware, August, 1811. [*] This case is also reported in Clayton’s Notebook, 26. This was a writ of error directed to the Justices of the Court of Common […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 38 HENRY COLESBERRY, Executor of Levi Colesberry, v. CHARLES ANDERSON. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. June 13, 1817. Writ of error to the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. Vandyke and Rogers for plaintiff in error Rodney, for defendant for McLane, the retained counsel, who had left Dover, […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 148.[1] ROBERT McMURPHY v. ALRICH RYLAND. Orphans’ Court of Delaware, New Castle County. August 25, 1817. [1] Ridgely in paging the manuscript has repeated pp. 148-149. Exceptions to the general account of Alrich Ryland, late guardian of Robert, Elizabeth, and Agnes McMurphy, minor Page 346 of Alexander McMurphy, by Robert McMurphy. Also […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 101 In the Case of the DIVISION OF THE LANDS OF HALSEY HORSEY, as he is called in his father’s will, or HALSE HORSEY, as he is called in the petition and order. Orphans’ Court of Delaware. Sussex. July 22, 1817. Halse Horsey died intestate, without issue, many years, perhaps twenty, ago, […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 244 WILLIAM SUTTON’S WILL. Court of Chancery of Delaware. 1817. The following case was submitted to me by George Read an Nicholas Vandyke, Esqs., who were counsel for the parties respectively interested. William Sutton made his will in writing May 9, 1804; it was proved on March 5, 1805. He first directed […]

Account begins, Ridgely’s Notebook I, 181 PETER BAUDUY v. ELEUTHERE IRENEE DU PONT, PETER SAMUEL DU PONT, MADAME BUREAU DE PUSY, AND JACQUES BIDERMAN. Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County. 1816-1829 Bill in equity, filed in Court of Chancery, New Castle, March 16, 1816. The bill states that on April 21, 1801, Articles […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 154 ANN CLARKE and ELIZABETH CLARK, Administrators d. b. n. of JOHN CLARK, v. MARY KEAN, MATTHEW KEAN and JOHN STOCKTON, Administrators of Thomas Kean. Court of Chancery of Delaware. August 26, 1817. Bill in Chancery. At August, 1816, the cause came on for hearing, but it was discovered that no decree […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 23 MICHAEL LAVERY, defendant below, plaintiff in error, v. WILLIAM WOODLAND and MARY WOODLAND, Administrators of Abraham Woodland, plaintiffs below High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. June 18, 1817. Page 300 Writ of error to the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, New Castle County. This was an action […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 38 ISAAC GUNBY, by his Guardian, SOTHEY CULLENY, v. JAMES O’NEAL. Orphans’ Court of Delaware, Sussex County. July 23, 1817. Appeal from guardian account of “James O’Neal, natural guardian to Isaac Gunby, minor son of Isaac Gunby, late of Sussex County, deceased.” Account was passed March 18, 1816. Exception: That said accountant […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 146 WILLIAM McCORKLE, CHARLES ANDERSON and JOHN Y. BRYANT, Executors of Mary Brown, who was Widow of John Brown, v. WILLIAM CLOUD, Surviving Executor of John Brown. Orphans’ Court of Delaware, New Castle County. August 23, 1817. [The report of this case is incomplete, and for that reason it has not been […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 153 ARCHIBALD PHILLIPS and JANE, his Wife, v. SAMUEL BARR. Orphans’ Court of Delaware. August 26, 1817. [The report of this case is incomplete, and for that reason it has not been printed. Ridgely’s Notebook I,153.]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 128 JONATHAN ALSTON and OSBURN ALSTON v. ALEXANDER McFARLAN and HANNAH ALSTON. Court of Chancery of Delaware, Kent County. August 13, 1817. [The report of this case is incomplete, and for that reason it has not been printed. Ridgely’s Notebook I, 128-135.]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 142 TATEM and CANBY v. GILPIN and GILPIN. Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County. August 22, 1817. [For this case, see 1 Del. Ch. 13.] Page 345