United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 21U.S. Government Printing Office, 1823 - Courts |
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... assumpsit , úpon which issue was joined , and a verdict found for the plaintiff for the above balance of 2,919 dollars and 89 cents , with interest . A bill of exceptions was taken at the trial , in substance as follows : The plaintiff ...
... assumpsit , úpon which issue was joined , and a verdict found for the plaintiff for the above balance of 2,919 dollars and 89 cents , with interest . A bill of exceptions was taken at the trial , in substance as follows : The plaintiff ...
Page 313
... assumpsit against the defendant in error , Van Ness , in the State Court . The declaration was for money had and received , and money lent and advanced , to which defendant pleaded the gene- ral issue , and upon the trial the jury found ...
... assumpsit against the defendant in error , Van Ness , in the State Court . The declaration was for money had and received , and money lent and advanced , to which defendant pleaded the gene- ral issue , and upon the trial the jury found ...
Page 606
... assumpsit , brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiffs in error , to recover back the sum of 10,500 dollars , paid under the circum- stances stated in the following case , to be consi- dered as a special verdict . On the ...
... assumpsit , brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiffs in error , to recover back the sum of 10,500 dollars , paid under the circum- stances stated in the following case , to be consi- dered as a special verdict . On the ...
Page 624
... assumpsit may be maintained against him . " But here no action could be maintained upon the charter - party , for he is no party to it ; nor on the bill of lading , for it stipulates that no freight is to be paid ; nor on the implied ...
... assumpsit may be maintained against him . " But here no action could be maintained upon the charter - party , for he is no party to it ; nor on the bill of lading , for it stipulates that no freight is to be paid ; nor on the implied ...
Page 645
... assumpsit , in which , as the tes- tator could not have waged his law , his executor is not deprived of any defence which might have been used by the testator . " a Barry v . Robinson , 1 New . Rep . 294. 1 Chitty's Plead . 84 . 93. 107 ...
... assumpsit , in which , as the tes- tator could not have waged his law , his executor is not deprived of any defence which might have been used by the testator . " a Barry v . Robinson , 1 New . Rep . 294. 1 Chitty's Plead . 84 . 93. 107 ...
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