2 U.S. 127 (_) 2 Dall. 127 SCOTT versus CROSDALE. Supreme Court of United States. Serjeant, for the plaintiff. *128 BY THE COURT: The point has been too long settled to be stirred now; and judgment must be for the defendant.
2 U.S. 124 (_) 2 Dall. 124 RESPUBLICA versus ROBERTS. Supreme Court of United States. *125 THE COURT, after consideration, delivered an unanimous opinion, that under the act of Assembly, and the uniform practice of eighty-five years (a practice, which, though it does not make the law, must be strong evidence of what the law is) the indictment could not be supported on the charge of adultery: But that the judgment for fornication only, must be pronounced against the defendant. Judgment...
2 U.S. 118 (_) 2 Dall. 118 RESPUBLICA versus LACAZE. et al. Supreme Court of United States. *120 Argued by Du Ponceau, Coxe, Bradford, and Sergeant for the Plaintiff; and by Moylan, Mifflin, Ingersoll, Randolph, and Lewis for the Defendants. *121 The CHIEF JUSTICE now delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court. McKEAN, Chief Justice. The defendants have moved, that the judgment rendered on the verdict in this cause, should be stayed on seven grounds; and they have assigned one ground, upon...
2 U.S. 400 2 Dall. 400 QUALIFICATION of Counsellors and Attorneys February Term, 1791. 1 The court being met at Philadelphia, the seat of the Federal government, it was 2 Ordered, That the counsellors and attornies, admitted to practice in this court, shall take either an oath, or, in proper cases, an affirmation, of the tenor prescribed by the rule of this court on that subject, made in February term, 1790. * 3 After qualifying a number of counsellors and attornies, the court adjourned. sine...
2 U.S. 131 (_) 2 Dall. 131 NICHOLS versus POSTLETHWAITE. [ ] Supreme Court of United States. BY THE COURT: It is clear that nothing is given to the residuary devisee, but what remains after payment of the legacies. These are a charge upon the testator's real estate. The money in the Sheriff's hands must be first applied to the payment of these legacies, and the remainder must go to the plaintiff. Referrees accordingly were appointed to ascertain the balance due to the legatees. NOTES [ ]...
4 U.S. 111 (_) 4 Dall. 111 Little versus Dawson et al. Executors of Jones. Supreme Court of United States. For the Plaintiff, Rawle. For the Defendant, Sergeant and Roberts. The COURT, in the charge to the jury, stated, that it was in full proof, that the plaintiff had served the testator, with great diligence, for a period exceeding eleven years, on which two questions arose: 1st. Was she entitled to any compensation 2d. Had she received a compensation As to the first, it was RULED, that if...
2 U.S. 291 2 Dall. 291 1 L. Ed. 386 Hannum, et al. Plaintiffs in Error v. Spear, Defendant, in Error High Court of Errors and Appeals of Pennsylvania August Session, 1791 This was a writ of Error from the Supreme Court, founded on a bill of exceptions, taken at Nisi Prius, in Chester County, on a trial before M'Kean, Chief Justice, and Justice Yeates. 1 The question arose on the Will of Elizabeth Ring, who had given power to her Executors to sell lands, for payment of legacies; and on the...
2 U.S. 116 2 Dall. 116 1 L. Ed. 312 Douglass's Lessee v. Sanderson Supreme Court of Pennsylvania April Term, 1791 1 On the trial of this cause, before Judge Bryan, at Nisi Prius, in Cumberland, in November 1790, the Plaintiff offered in evidence a deed, and to prove its execution by the hand writing of one of the witnesses, who was dead. The other witness was said to be dead also; and, to prove this, they offered the Plaintiff himself, to testify that the witness had formerly lived in...
4 U.S. 109 (_) 4 Dall. 109 Donaldson versus Means. Supreme Court of United States. *110 Coxe, for the plaintiff. E. Tilghman, for the defendant. By the COURT: The law upon the subject is so clear, that the whole case resolves itself into the question of fact, on which the law is to arise. If the proof is satisfactory, that the defendant, under a knowledge of all the circumstances, absolutely promised to pay, he is, incontestably, bound by his promise. But, if his engagement was of a conditional...
