# United States Reports/Volume 2

2 Dall.[as], ( 1 L.Ed. )
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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
VOL. II.
Grotius.
Philadelphia:
PRINTED for the REPORTER, at the AURORA OFFICE,
M,DCC,XCVIII.
[Front matter]
memorandum.
The Copy-right secured according to law.
| 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) 480 (1793) Appointment of Paterson