Articles Tagged: Wilson’s Red Book

Wilson’s Red Book, 6.[†] JOSHUA HALL v. FIELD and WILTBANK. Supreme Court of Delaware. November, 1793. [†] This case is also reported in Read’s Notebook, 3. Page 12 Plaintiff’s witnesses not attending, he was willing the cause should be put off until the next week, defendant’s counsel agreed that plaintiff might put off his cause. […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 312[*] BURTON ROBINSON and Wife v. INGRAM’S ADMINISTRATORS. Supreme Court of Delaware, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. October, 1800 and August Term, 1803. [*] For earlier proceedings in this case see above Wilson’s Red Book, 259. Scire facias in the Supreme Court upon a record of condemnation of lands […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 66 STATE v. ZACHARIAH CAREY et al. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Sussex County. April, 1795. Evidence was that he went with the others after night to the house where Waller et al. were, that the other defendants, except one, did commit an assault, but no one saw defendant offer to […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 232 STATE v. MITCHELL KERSHAW. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Sussex County. April, 1799. Negro Caesar applied for surety of the peace, a bench warrant having issued, on which defendant appeared and by Bayard an Hall urged that Caesar was his slave and pressed the impropriety of tying up the master’s […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 259[*] BURTON ROBINSON and Wife v. ANTHONY INGRAM and JEMIMA INGRAM, Administrators of John Ingram. Supreme Court of Delaware, Sussex County. October, 1799. [*] For later proceedings in this case see below, Wilson’s Red Book, 312. This was a scire facias against the administrators etc. and terre-tenants of lands belonging to James […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 208[*] JULIUS AUGUSTUS JACKSON’S LESSEE v. NEHEMIAH HASTY, Defendant, and JOHN CANNON, Tenant. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April 30, 1798. [*] For later proceedings in this case see below, Wilson’s Red Book, 320. Page 194 Peery and Vining for plaintiff. Ridgely and Wilson for defendants. Defendants’ counsel demurred […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 296 THOMAS BURTON’S LESSEE v. VAUGHAN et al. Supreme Court of Delaware. October 16, 1800. Page 269 Bayard and Horsey for plaintiff. Wilson, Peery, and Cooper for defendants. ‘Plaintiff claimed as heir in tail under William Burton’s will, dated January 5, 1695, whereby, in the first part of it, John would take […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 110 JOHN HINSON v. ABRAM SHORT. Supreme Court of Delaware. March, 1796. The Court, after perusing the record etc. and taking a day or two for occasional consideration, said: First, they did not wish Page 96 ever to see a defect of complaint to a justice of peace assigned again for error, […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 56[*] JOSHUA HALL v. NEHEMIAH FEILD and ABRAM WILTBANK. Supreme Court of Delaware, Sussex County. March 18, 1795. [*] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 88. Covenant for the hire and one-third value of the schooner, Polly Hall, on charter party, of affreightment. Ridgely and Bayard for defendants. Miller and […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 258 WILSON HUNT v. AGNESS WAPLES, Administratrix. Supreme Court of Delaware, Sussex County. October 11, 1799. Page 241 Summons, debt, to October, 1799. Narratio filed de bene esse, summoned, and Wilson appeared for defendant. Mr. Broom, plaintiff’s attorney, at the first moved for a rule to plead by first rule day in […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 87 JOSEPH MELSON v. SAMUEL TINDAL. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware. November, 1795. Action for maliciously swearing the peace against plaintiff and causing him to be bound to appear at Quarter Sessions. On solemn argument the record of the Sessions was read in evidence, though no permission of the Sessions. Verdict […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 71 LESSEE of JAMES MAXWELL and WIFE and of WILLIAM OWENS and WIFE v. NANCY POLK and EDWARD POLK. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April, 1795. Ridgely and Bayard for plaintiff. Peery, Hall an Wilson for defendants. Page 68 Mr. BASSETT brought the suit, ut audivi. Plaintiffs offered in […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 104 DANIEL H. LONG, Administrator of E. Long, v. HENRY SPEAR. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware. April, 1796. Special count stating the testator was surety in a bond etc. for and with defendant, and assumpsit to pay etc. what should be expended etc. by testator, and averment. Assumpsit (money laid out […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 198 NEGRO CAGER v. PHILIP WHITE. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April, 1798. Vining for petitioner. Hall for defendant. Case: John Aydelotte, an inhabitant of Sussex, some time since gave this Negro, his slave, to defendant’s wife, who then and still resides in Maryland, reserving to donor the use […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 221 JOHN FISHER v. SARAH ROWLAND. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. November 19, 1798. Page 207 Bayard and Wilson for defendant. Vining and Ridgely for plaintiff. Evidence. That defendant’s servants and team removed part of a division fence that was between the plantations of plaintiff and defendant, and to […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 155 FRAME’S ADMINISTRATORS v. JOHN FISHER. Supreme Court of Delaware. March, 1797. Wilson for plaintiffs. D. Hall for defendant. Evidence. That one hundred bushels of corn were put on board the vessel defendant navigated, for plaintiff’s use. The vessel was H. Neill’s, who had corn on board, the quantity uncertain. That this […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 320[*] JULIUS A. JACKSON’S LESSEE v. HASTY and CANNON. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. November 27, 1800. [*] For earlier proceedings in this case see above Wilson’s Red Book, 208. This case is also reported i Rodney’s Notes, November 28, 1800. The demurrer to evidence in this cause was […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 39 DANIEL POLK v. WILLIAM CANNON. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware. November, 1794. PER CURIAM. No rule for filling up the blanks shall be allowed in vacation; it must be on motion. You must demur in vacation. N.B. This is directly the reverse of the practice in the Supreme Court, vide […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 41[*] EDWARD WRIGHT’S LESSEE v. JEREMIAH CANNON et al. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware. November, 1794. [*] For a report of this case on appeal see Wilson’s Red Book, 240. Page 43 When the jury were about to be sworn, Bayard and Ridgely moved that William Smith and John Sluby, whom […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 153 JOHN JONES v. WILLIAM HALL. Supreme Court of Delaware. March, 1797. Evidence on one point: that the witness applied to defendant for the debt; he answered, “he had the things, but the price was in Continental money and scaled too high, and promised to settle it when etc.” Bayard. Whatever will […]