Articles Tagged: Wilson’s Red Book

Wilson’s Red Book, 7[*] THOMAS RODNEY v. JOHN JONES. Supreme Court of Delaware. April, 1793. [*] This case is also reported in Read’s Notebook, 5. Debt on bond taken by the plaintiff as Judge of the Admiralty from defendant who acted as marshal for the sale of the schooner Fortune and cargo. Non est factum. […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 234 ARTHUR HAZZARD v. GEORGE WALTON. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April 30, 1799. Peery and Ridgely for plaintiff. Wilson for defendant. Plaintiff claimed under a prior sale from same first owner and offered among others a receipt for £3.15.0 dated since action brought. Wilson objected that such receipt […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 187 STATE v. AZARIAH DONAVAN. Court of Oyer and Terminer of Delaware, Sussex County. March 26, 1798. Page 169 Indictment, manslaughter, found at the General Quarter Sessions and removed by a certiorari.[1] [1] Wilson adds here, “Note, as there was an acquittal I did not call my attention particularly to the propriety […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 240[*] WRIGHT’S LESSEE v. CANNON et al.[1] High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. August, 1796. [*] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 98; Rodney’s Notes, August, 1796. [1] For a report of this case in the lower court se Wilson’s Red Book, 41. This cause was argued in […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 155 TEAGLES’ LESSEE v. THOMAS WALLER. Supreme Court of Delaware. March, 1797. Miller [for plaintiff]. Wilson [for defendant] Plaintiff had purchased at sheriff’s sale, and afterwards patented the lands. Defendant was the original owner from whom they had been sold under an execution, which he thought was issued before the plaintiff in […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 371 ARMWELL LONG v. RICHARD HICKMAN. Supreme Court of Delaware, Sussex County. March 20, 1801. Page 319 Bayard, Ridgely and Horsey for plaintiff. Vining, Hall and Wilson for defendant. Defendant’s counsel objected to plaintiff’s giving his pretensions in evidence, which had been laid down by E. Dingle under a warrant for that […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 1 WILLIAM TOWNSEND v. GEORGE MITCHELL. Supreme Court of Delaware. July and August, 1792. Motion to set aside sheriff’s sale of lands because an advertisement was not set up in each hundred of the county. In support of the motion were cited: 1 Body Laws 80, Cowp. 30, 1 Burr. 130, 1 […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 203 EZEKIEL BROWN, for PETER RHEA, v. ANDERTON BROWN. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April 27, 1798. Debt. £500. Cepi corpus. Bail. Oyer. Narratio. January 4, 1797, death of Anderton Brown suggested; scire facias against Francis Brown, administrator. April, 1797, scire facias served in time. November, 1797, death of […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 1 PARKER, Assignee, v. HAZZARD. Supreme Court of Delaware. July and August, 1792. Motion for change of venue on affidavit that he thinks he cannot have a fair trial. Books cited for the change by plaintiff: 2 Str. 874, 3 Bl.Comm. 294, 3 Burr. 1564, 1 Wils. 298. Were cited against the […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 142 THOMAS MARINE v. WILLIAM STAYTON. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware. October, 1797. Page 117 Court ordered the jury to be sworn (although defendant had sent a constable for his witness etc.), because an attachment was not moved for on the first day. After the evidence was gone through, Wilson for […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 111[*] WRIGHT et al. v. SCOTTEN et al. SCOTTEN et al. v. WRIGHT et al. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. August 4, 1796. [*] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 148. Trial of two appeals from the Land Commissioners in Kent, who had given both parties certificates […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 11.[†] STATE v. VALENTINE BENDER. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Dover County. December, 1793. [†] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 34; Miller’s Notebook, 33; Clayton’s Notebook, 2; Read’s Notebook, 12. Page 17 At the trial the Negro (who was agreed to have been freed in Maryland 8 years […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 77[*] ABRAHAM CONWELL’S LESSEE v. JOHN CONWELL [et al]. Supreme Court of Delaware, Sussex County. October, 1795. [*] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 112. Miller and Peery for plaintiff. Bayard an Ridgely for defendants. Defendants offered a deposition of Anthony Havilo taken in 1745 ex parte before Jacob Phillips, […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 157 ALEXANDER SMITH and JOHN BACON, Administrators etc., v. TUBMAN WRIGHT. Supreme Court of Delaware. March, 1799. Ridgely, for defendant, moved to set aside sale of goods, etc. First, because undersheriffs’were appraisers. Second, because all the goods were set up at once. Third, because the goods were not in view at the […]

Wilson’s Red Book, 338[*] ELIJAH CANNON’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM COFFIN. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April 25, 1801. [*] This case is also reported in Rodney’s Notes, April 24, 1801. Hall and Ridgely for plaintiff. Cooper an Wilson for defendant. Defendant gave in evidence a warrant of resurvey granted by Mr. Penn […]