1 U.S. 47 (1780) 1 Dall. 47 RESPUBLICA versus POWELL. Supreme Court of United States. THE COURT said, that this was clearly an injury to the public; and the fraud the more easily to be perpetrated, since it was the custom to take the barrels of bread at the marked weight, without weighing them again. The public indeed, could not by common prudence prevent the fraud, as the Defendant was himself the officer of the public pro hac vice. They were therefore of opinion, that the offence was...
1 U.S. 49 (1780) 1 Dall. 49 MONTGOMERY versus HENRY et al. Supreme Court of United States. REED, President: The case upon which we are now to give our judgment, comes before us under the following circumstances: Captain Montgomery was master and commander of the ship, called the General Greene, designed for a voyage to Martinico. While the ship lay in the river, a severe frost happened, which occasioned a great delay, and the owners thought proper to alter their plan. Differences then arose;...
1 U.S. 47 1 Dall. 47 1 L. Ed. 31 JAMES'S CLAIM. April Term 1780. 1 U.S. 47 1 Dall. 47 1 L. Ed. 31 JAMES'S CLAIM. April Term 1780. The case was this; John Parrock was attainted of High Treason, and his estate seized and advertised for sale. Abel James filed a claim, according to the act of Assembly, passed the 6th day of March 1778, in order to obtain a decree establishing his right, to what, he alledged, was a vested remainder in him, after the expiration of an estate for life, which, he...
