United States Reports/Volume 2

by Alexander J. Dallas

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REPORTS

OF

CASES

RULED AND ADJUDGED IN THE

SEVERAL COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES, AND OF PENNSYLVANIA,

HELD AT THE SEAT OF THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

By A. J. DALLAS

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VOL. II.

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Grotius.

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A TABLE
OF THE
NAMES of the CASES,
COMPRISED in this VOLUME.
A.
Andrew’s Lessee v. Fleming,	93
Anonymous,	382
Anonymous v. Galbraith,	78
Armstrong v. Carson’s Executors,	302
Austin v. Snow’s Lessee,	157
B.
Bain, et al. v. The Schooner Speedwell, et al.	40
Bank of North America v. Varden,	78
——— v, MᶜKnight,	158
Barns’s Lessee v. Irvine, et al.	199
Barr v. Craig,	151
Barriere v. Nairac,	249
Beach v. Lee,	257
Bloomfield v. Budden,	183
Boinod v. Pelosi,	43
Bond v. Haas’s Ex’tors.	133
Borger v. Searle,	110
Boudinot, et al. Ex’tors. v. Bradford,	266
Bowen v. Douglass,	44
Boyce v. Moore,	196
Boyd v. Bopst,	91
Brailey v. Miller,	74
Brudenell, et al. v. Vaux, et. al.	302
Burrall v. Du Blois,	229
C.
Caignet v. Pettit, et. al.	234
Camberling v. MᶜCall,	280
Caton, Assignee v. MᶜCarty,	141
Cecil’s Lessee v. Lebinstone,	95
Chisholm, Ex’tor. v. Georgia,	419
Clayton’s Lessee v. Alshouse,	150
Coates’s Lessee v. Hamilton,	256
Cockshot’s Lessee v. Hopkins,	97
Collet v. Collet,	294
Cowperthwaite v. Jones,	55
Cuspino v. Perez,	194
D.
Darby, et. al. v. The Brig Estern,	34
De Willer v. Smith,	236
Donaldson v. Chambers,	100
Douglass’s Lessee v. Sanderson,	116
Duffield v. Stille,	156
Duncan v. Walker,	205
E.
Ewing v. MᶜNair,	269
F.
Ferguson v. Baron,	113
Field v. Biddle,	171
Fitzalden v. Lee,	205
Fitzgerald v. Caldwell,	215
Foxcraft, et al. v Nagle,	132
—— v. ——	150
Fox’s Lessee v. Palmer, et al.	214
Frey v. Leiper,	131
Fuller v. MᶜCall,	219
Fury v. Stone,	184
G.
Galbraith’s Lessee v. Scott,	95
Georgia v. Brailsford, et al.	402
—— v. Brailsford,	415
German v. Wainwright,	266
Geyger’s Lessee v. Geyger,	332
Gorgerat, et al. v. MᶜCarty,	144
Greene’s Case,	268
Grubb’s, Executors v. Grubb’s Executors,	191
H.
Haddens v. Chambers,	236
Haldane, et al. v. Duche’s, Executors,	176
Hancock Adm’tor. v. Hillegas,	380
Hannum, et al. v. Spear,	291
Harris v. Mandeville,	256
Hartshorne’s Lessee v. Patton,	252
Hayburn’s Case,	409
Henderson v. Clarkson,	174
Hoare v. Allen,	102
Holker, ex parte,	112
Hollingsworth v. Adams,	396
Hood’s Exe’tors v. Nesbit, et al.	137
Howell et al. v. Woolfort,	75
Hulfecamp v. Teel,	358
Humphrey’s Lessee v. Humphries,	223
I. J.
Jackson v. Vanderspreigle’s Executors,	142
Inglis v. Inglis’s, Ex’tors.	45
Ingraham v. Gibbs, et al.	134
—— v. ——,	219
Innis v. Miller,	50
Johns v. Nichols,	184
Jones v. Little,	182
Jones, qui tam v. Ross,	143
—— v. ——,	143
Joyce v. Sims,	223
Joys’ Lessee v. Cossart, et al.	126
K.
Kachlin, et al. v. Mulhallen, et al.	237
Keane, et al. v. The Brig Glocester,	36
Ketland, qui tam, v. The Cassius,	365
Knight v. Reese,	182
Knox, et al. v. Jones,	193
L.
Lake, et al. v. Halbert, et al.	41
Lawrence v. Doblebower,	73
Lawson v. Morrison, et al.	286
Leech v. Armitage,	125
Lesher’s Lessee v. Levan,	96
Livingston, et al. v. Swanwick,	300
Lloyd’s Lessee v. Taylor,	223
Lynn v. Risberg,	180
M.
Mallory v. Kirwan,	192
Marshall v. Montgomery, et al.	170
Masters’ Lessee v. Shute,	81
Maxwell’s Lessee v. Levy,	381
MᶜCarty v. Emlen,	277
——v. Nixon, in not.	65
MᶜClenachan et al. v. MᶜCarty,	51
MᶜComb v. Dunch, et al. Ex’tors.	73
MᶜCurdy v. Potts,	98
MᶜKimm, et al. Exe’tors. v. Biddle	100
MᶜMinn v. Owen,	173
Mercier v. Mercier,	142
Miller v. Leonard, et al.	237
Miller, et al. v. Miller, et al.	1
—— v. ——,	19
Miltinberger v. Lloyd,	79
Morris’s Ex’tors. v. MᶜConnaughty,	189
Myers v. Young,	79
N.
Nesbit v. Pope,	143
Nichols v. Postlethwaite,	131
Nicholson’s Lessee v. Mifflin,	246
O.
Oswald Adm’tor. v. New-York,	401
——v.——,	402
——v.——,	415
Overseers of Coventry v. Cummings,	114
Owners of the Sloop Chester v. The Owners of the Brig Experiment,	41
P.
Parasset v. Gautier,	330
Pennington v. Scott,	94
Penn’s Lessee v. Hartman,	230
Perit Ex’tor v. Wallis,	252
Pleasants Adm’tor. v. Pleasants,	196
Powell v. Biddle, Adm’tor.	70
Price v. Ralston, Assignee,	60
Pringle v. Black’s Ex’tors.	97
R.
Ralston, Assignee v. Bell,	158
——v.——,	242
Rapelje v. Emory,	51
—— v. ——,	231
Rapp v. Elliot,	184
Respublica v. Askew,	189
—— v. Coates,	109
—— v. Griffiths,	112
—— v. The Guardians of the Poor of Philadelphia,	224
—— v. Honeyman,	228
—— v. Ross,	239
—— v. Keppele,	197
—— v. Lacaze, et al.	118
—— v. Matlack,	108
—— v. MᶜCarty,	86
—— v. Mitchell,	101
—— v. Nicholson,	256
—— v. Richards,	224
—— v. Roberts,	124
—— v. St. Clair,	101
—— v. Steele,	92
—— v. Weidle,	88
Ricup v. Bixter, et al.	132
Roach v. The Commonwealth,	206
Roberts v. Cays’ Ex’tors.	260
Ross et al. Ex’tors. v. Rittenhouse,	160
Rue v. Mitchell,	58
Ruston’s Ex’tors. v. Ruston,	243
S.
Schenkhouse v. Gibbs, et al. in not.	136
Schermehorn v. L’Espenasse,	360
Scott v. Crosdale,	127
Scott v. MᶜKisson,	183
Sharpe v. Thatcher,	77
Shaw v. Wallace,	179
Shoemaker, Assignee v. Keely,	213
Sheredine v. Gaul,	190
Stackouse’s Lessee v. Stackhouse,	80
Stansbury v. Marks,	213
Stiles v. Donaldson,	264
Stille v. Donaldson,	194
Stoddard v. Reed, et al.	40
Stewart v. Biddack,	158
Stewart, et al. v. Ross,	157
Sweeny’s Lessee v. Toner,	129
Syme’s Lessee v. Irvine,	383
T.
Tarin v. Morris, et al.	115
Taxier, et al. v. Sweet, et al.	81
Thompson v. Thompson	128
Todd v. Thompson,	105
U.
United States v. Caldwel,	333
—— v. Guinet, et al.	321
—— v. Insurgents of Pennsylvania,	335
—— v. Mitchell,	348
—— v. ——,	357
—— v. Montgomery,	335
—— v. Parker, et al.	373
—— v. Porter,	345
—— v. Ravara,	297
—— v. Stewart,	343
—— v. Vigol,	346
—— v.. Villatto,	370
—— v. Worrall,	384
—— v. Wright,	343
Upper Dublin v. Germantown.	213
V.
Vance v. Faris,	217
Vanhorn’s Lessee v. Dorance,	304
Vansciver. v. Bolton,	114
Vanstaphrost, et al. v. Maryland,	401
Vaffe v. Spicer,	111
—— v. Ball,	270
Vaughn v. Blanchard,	192
Villeneuve v. Barrion, in not.	235
W.
Walker v. Dilworth, et al.	257
Walker’s Appeal,	190
Walker, et al. v. Gibbs, et al.	211
Walker, et al. v. Wallace, et al.	113
Ward v. Hallam,	217
Warder, et al. v. Carson’s, Executors,	233
Wattis v. Collot,	247
Watts v. Willing,	100
Wenn v. Adams,	156
Weft v. Barns, et al.	401
Wharton’s Ex’tors. v. Lowrey,	364
White v. Lynch,	183
Wilkinson v. Nicklin, et al.	396
Wilson v. Daniel, in not.	360
Woglam v. Cowperthwaite,	68
Wood v. Roach,	180
Wycoff v. Longhead,	92
Y.
Young v. Willing, et al.	276
Z.
Zantzinger v. Old,	265

Cases ruled and decreed in the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture

• Miller, et. al. v. The Ship Resolution, et. al., 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 1 (Fed. App. 1781)
• Miller, et. al. v. The Ship Resolution, et. al., 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 19 (Fed. App. 1781)
• Darby, et. al. v. The Brig Erstern, et. al., 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 34 (Fed. App. 1782)
• Keane, et. al. v. The Brig Gloucester, et. al., 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 36 (Fed. App. 1782)
• Stoddard v. Read, et. al., 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 40 (Fed. App. 1783)
• Bain, et. al. v. Schooner Speedwell, et. al., 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 40 (Fed. App. 1783)
• Lake, &c. v. Hulbert, et. al., 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 41 (Fed. App. 1787)
• Owners of the Sloop Chester v. Owners of the Brig Experiment, et. al., 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 41 (Fed. App. 1787)

Cases ruled and adjudged in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

• 2 U.S. 43 Boinod v. Pelosi
• 2 U.S. 44 Bowen v. Douglass
• 2 U.S. 45 Inglis, for the Use of Reede, et al. v. Inglis's Executors.
• 2 U.S. 50 Innis v. Miller
• 2 U.S. 51 Rapalje Et. al. v. Emory
• 2 U.S. 58 Rue v. Mitchell
• 2 U.S. 60 Price v. Ralston, Assignee of Pollard, a
• 2 U.S. 68 Woglam v. Cowperthwaite
• 2 U.S. 74 Brailey v. Miller
• 2 U.S. 77 Sharpe v. Thatcher

Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

• 2 U.S. 80 Stackhouse's Lessee v. Stackhouse
• 2 U.S. 86 Republica v. M'Carty
• 2 U.S. 88 Respublica v. Weidle
• 2 U.S. 92 Wycoff v. Longhead
• 2 U.S. 93 Andrew's Lessee v. Fleming
• 2 U.S. 97 Pringle v. Black's Executors
• 2 U.S. 98 McCurdy v. Potts, et al.
• 2 U.S. 102 (1786) Hoare v. Allen
• 2 U.S. 105 Todd v. Thompson
• 2 U.S. 116 Douglass's Lessee v. Sanderson
• 2 U.S. 118 Respublica v. Lacaze, Et. al.
• 2 U.S. 137 Hood's Executors v. Nesbit, Et. al.
• 2 U.S. 151 Barr v. Craig
• 2 U.S. 160 Ross et al. v. Rittenhouse
• 2 U.S. 179 Shaw v. Wallace
• 2 U.S. 197 Respublica v. Keppele
• 2 U.S. 214 Fox's Lessee v. Palmer, et al.
• 2 U.S. 219 Ingraham v. Gibbs
• 2 U.S. 224 Respublica v. Richards
• 2 U.S. 230 Penn's Lessee v. Hartman
• 2 U.S. 239 Respublica v. Ross
• 2 U.S. 242 Ralston Assignee v. Bell
• 2 U.S. 247 Waters v. Collot
• 2 U.S. 266 Boudinot, Et. al. Executors v. Bradford
• 2 U.S. 270 Vasse v. Ball
• 2 U.S. 280 (1794) Camberling v. M'Call

Cases affirmed or reversed in the High Court of Errors and Appeals

• 2 U.S. 286 Lawson, v. Morrison, Et. al.
• 2 U.S. 291 Hannum, et al. v. Spear in Error

Cases ruled and adjudged in the Circuit Court, Pennsylvania District

• 2 U.S. 302 Armstrong v. Carson's Executors
• 2 U.S. 358 Hulsecamp v. Teel
• 2 U.S. 360 Schermehorn v. L'Espenasse, et al.
• 2 U.S. 370 The United States v. Villato
• 2 U.S. 382 Anonymous
• 2 U.S. 384 (1797) The United States v. Worrall

Supreme Court of the United States

February Term, 1790

• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 400 (1790) Appointment of Justices

August Term, 1790

• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 401 (1790) Appointment of Iredell

February Term, 1791

• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 401 (1791) Qualification of Counsellors and Attorneys

August Term, 1791

• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 401 (1791) West v. Barnes
• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 401 (1791) Vanstophorst v. Maryland

February Term, 1792

• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 401 (1792) Oswald v. New York

August Term, 1792

• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 402 (1792) Appointment of Johnson
• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 402 (1792) Oswald v. New York
• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 402 (1792) Georgia v. Brailsford
• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 409 (1792) Hayburn's Case
• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 411 (1792) Rule

February Term, 1793

• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 415 (1793) Oswald v. New York
• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 415 (1793) Georgia v. Brailsford
• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 419 (1793) Chisholm v. Georgia

August Term, 1793

• 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 419 (1793) Appointment of Paterson