Articles Tagged: Ridgely’s Notebook I

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 167 MARY BETSON v. ADAM TURNBALL. Court of Chancery of Delaware. August 28, 1817. Bill in chancery filed for recovery of a legacy. Rogers and Booth for complainant. McLane for defendant. Peter Stidham, father of complainant, made will March 3, 1777, died in March or April, 1777. Sarah, executrix, William Page 354 […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 69 CHARLES TATEM and JAMES CANBY v. JOSHUA GILPIN and THOMAS GILPIN. Court of Chancery of Delaware. June, 1816. [For this case see, 1 Del. Ch. 13.]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 125 WILLIAM CARLISLE v. THOMAS CARLISLE, JR. Court of Chancery of Delaware, Sussex. July 28, 1817. Bill filed. Subpoena issued March, 1815. Defendant summoned. March, 1815, defendant appeared by Nicholas Vandyke an Thomas Cooper, his solicitors. Rule, answer in three months or attachment. Attachment issued, returnable to July, 1815. Non est inventus. […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 42 JOHN WILDS, plaintiff in error, v. ELIZABETH GREEN, defendant. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. June 13, 1817. Writ of error to the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, tested August 7, 1813, returnable August 14. This case should have followed immediately after the case o John Wilds […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 42 JOHN WILDS, plaintiff in error, v. ELIZABETH GREEN, defendant. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. June 13, 1817. Writ of error to the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, tested August 7, 1813, returnable August 14. This case should have followed immediately after the case o John Wilds […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 228 JEREMIAH WOOLASTON et al. v. THOMAS MENDENHALL. Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County. August, 1817. [For this case, see 1 Del. Ch. 23.] Page 363

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 41 THOMAS FREENY, defendant below, v. PETER McCALLY, Negro. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. June 19, 1817. This was an appeal brought up by Freeny from the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas on a petition for freedom filed by McCally, Negro, against Freeny, who held McCally as […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 239 JOSEPH TERRAPINE and ROWLAND SMITH v. RICHARD C. DALE. Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County. October, 1817. [For this case, see 1 Del. Ch. 1, 11.] Page 364

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. March 16, 1816. Bill filed March 16, 1816. McLane for complainant. [The Bill of Complaint.] The bill states that in the year 1801 a number […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 20 JOHN WILDS, plaintiff in error, v. WILLIAM GREEN, defendant in error. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. June 12, 1817. Writ of error to the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, Kent County, tested August 7, 1813, returnable to August Term, 1814. Hall for plaintiff in error. Clayton […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 247 MOSES COCHRAN v. JOHN T. COCHRAN, Administrator of JOHN COCHRAN. Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County. December 5, 1817. [The report of this case is incomplete, and for that reason it has not been printed. Ridgely’s Notebook I, 247.] Page 367 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINED RIDGELY’S NOTEBOOK AND […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 138 DAVID STEWART, Executor of Margaret Kennedy, v. WILLIAM KENNEDY and MARGARET KENNEDY, Surviving Children of David Kennedy. Orphans’ Court of Delaware, Kent County. August, 1817. Page 341 Appeal from a distributive account of the surplusage of the personal estate of David Kennedy, the elder, passed November 14, 1816. The clear residue […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 157 DAVID PEACOCK v. DAVID DICKINSON. Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County. August 27, 1817. Page 350 Mr. Read, Mr. Vandyke and Mr. McLane for complainant Mr. Broom and Mr. Booth, Jr., for defendant. The bill states that complainant of the State of New Jersey in the year [___][1] obtained […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 148 CHARLES T. VANHIKLE v. CHARLES THOMAS. Orphans’ Court of Delaware, New Castle County. August 25, 1817. [The report of this case is incomplete, and for that reason it has not been printed. Ridgely’s Notebook I, 148-149.]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 1 JOSEPH BALL and DAVID NIVIN, defendants below, v, JOHN MORTON and JOSEPH TATNAL, plaintiffs below. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. January 12, 1816. Vandyke for plaintiffs in error. Read and Rodney for defendants. The Record returned was as follows: John Morton and Joseph Tatnal v. Maxwell Bines, Joseph […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 171 LOIS POINSET and URICH POINSET v. JOHN NEWBOLD. Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County. August, 1817. Bill states that Thomas Poinset, the late husband of oratrix and father of orator, formerly resided in New Jersey, and was prevailed on by defendant and his brother, in 1802, to take their […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 136 JOSHUA LAWS, Administrator of Ebenezer Evans, v. ELIAS SHOCKLEY, JAMES B. RALSTON, et al., Creditors of the said Ebenezer Evans. Orphans’ Court of Delaware. August, 1817. Appeal from an administration account passed before the Register August 12, 1816. Exception[s]: That the Register charged Joshua Laws, the administrator, with $145.78 the appraised […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 106 PETER F. WRIGHT and ELIZA, his Wife, ARCADA POLK and SARAH POLK, by GEORGE ROBINSON, their Guardian, v. THOMAS FISHER, Administrator of Sarah Polk, who was Administratrix of William Polk, Orphans’ Court of Delaware, Sussex County. July, 1817. Page 323 Appeal from decree of the Register. Account and exception filed. Account […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 15 JOHN SIMPSON v. JOHN SMITH. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. June 12, 1817. Page 286 Writ of error, tested August 16, 1811, directed to the Justices of the Supreme Court for New Castle County. The case in the Supreme Court was as follows: John Smith, by an application […]

Ridgely’s Notebook I, 102 THOMAS FREENY v. PETER MCCAULLY, Negro. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. November, 1814. [The report of this case is incomplete, and for that reason it has not been printed. Ridgely’s Notebook II, 102-104.] Page 407