# United States Reports/Volume 1

1 Dall.[as], ( 1 L.Ed. )
Reports
of
Cases
Ruled and Adjudged in the
Courts OF Pennsylvania,
Before and Since the
Revolution:
By A. J. Dallas, Esquire.
Atque eo magis necessaria est hæc opera, quod et nostro sæculo non desunt, et olim non defuerunt, qui hanc juris partem ita contemnerent, quasi nihil ejus præter inane nomen existeret.
Grotius.
Philadelphia:
Printed, for the Reporter, by T. Bradford.
M,DCC,XC.

## Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 1 (Pa. 1754) Anonymous
* 1 U.S. 1 (Pa. 1759) Hyam’s Lessee v. Edwards
* 1 U.S. 2 (Pa. 1759) Bethel v. Lloyd
* 1 U.S. 2 (Pa. 1759) Weston’s Lessee v. Stammers
* 1 U.S. 3 (Pa. 1760) Stevenson v. Pemberton
* 1 U.S. 4 (Pa. 1760) Lessee of Ashton v. Ashton
* 1 U.S. 5 (Pa. 1762) Hewes’s Lessee v. McDowell
* 1 U.S. 5 (Pa. 1762) King v. Lukens
* 1 U.S. 6 (Pa. 1762) Nixon v. Long
* 1 U.S. 6 (Pa. 1763) Fothergill’s Lessee v. Stover
* 1 U.S. 7 (Pa. 1763) Wallace v. Child
* 1 U.S. 8 (Pa. 1763) Price v. Watkins
* 1 U.S. 9 (Pa. 1764) Lessee of Albertson v. Robeson
* 1 U.S. 9 (Pa. 1764) King v. Rapp
* 1 U.S. 9 (Pa. 1764) King v. Haas
* 1 U.S. 10 (Pa. 1764) Richardson’s Lessee v. Campbell
* 1 U.S. 10 (Pa. 1764) Story v. Strettell
* 1 U.S. 11 (Pa. 1764) King's Road
* 1 U.S. 11 (Pa. 1764) Davey v. Turner
* 1 U.S. 14 (Pa. 1765) Strickland’s Lessee v. Poole
* 1 U.S. 14 (Pa. 1766) Thomas’s Lessee v. Horlocker
* 1 U.S. 15 (Pa. 1767) Boehm and Shitz v. Andrew Engle
* 1 U.S. 16 (Pa. 1768) Riche v. Broadfield
* 1 U.S. 17 (Pa. 1768) Swift v. Hawkins
* 1 U.S. 17 (Pa. 1768) Lloyd’s Lessee v. Taylor
* 1 U.S. 18 (Pa. 1773) The Proprietary’s Lessee v. Ralston
* 1 U.S. 19 (Pa. 1773) Lessee of Biddle v. Shippen
* 1 U.S. 20 (Pa. 1773) Anonymous
* 1 U.S. 20 (Pa. 1774) Hurst v. Dippo
* 1 U.S. 22 (Pa. 1776) Steiner v. Fell
* 1 U.S. 23 (Pa. 1776) Wheeler v. Hughes
* 1 U.S. 28 (Pa. 1776) Township of Fallowfield v. Township of Marlborough
* 1 U.S. 29 (Pa. 1776) Keppele v. Williams

## Report of Cases since the Revolution
### Cases ruled and adjudged in a Court of Oyer and Terminer, etc. at Philadelphia

* 1 U.S. 33 (O. T. Phila. 1778) Respublica v. Molder
* 1 U.S. 33 (O. T. Phila. 1778) Respublica v. Malin
* 1 U.S. 35 (O. T. Phila. 1778) Respublica v. Carlisle
* 1 U.S. 39 (O. T. Phila. 1778) Respublica v. Roberts

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 41 (Pa. 1779) Respublica v. Sweers

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 47 (Pa. 1780) Respublica v. Powell
* 1 U.S. 47 (Pa. 1780) James's Claim

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the High Court of Errors and Appeals of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 49 (Pa. 1780) Montgomery v. Henry

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 52 (Pa. 1781) Jacobs v. Adams
* 1 U.S. 53 (Pa. 1781) Respublica v. Chapman
* 1 U.S. 60 (Pa. 1781) Respublica v. Buffington
* 1 U.S. 62 (Pa. 1781) McVeaugh v. Goods
* 1 U.S. 63 (Pa. 1781) Rapp v. Le Blanc
* 1 U.S. 63 (Pa. 1782) McDill’s Lessee v. McDill
* 1 U.S. 64 (Pa. 1782) Morris’s Lessee v. Vanderen
* 1 U.S. 68 (Pa. 1782) Respublica v. Shryber
* 1 U.S. 68 (Pa. 1782) Shrider’s Lessee v. Nargan
* 1 U.S. 69 (Pa. 1782) Wilcox v. Henry
* 1 U.S. 72 (Pa. 1783) Kennedy v. Fury

### Cases ruled and adjudged in a Court of Oyer and Terminer, etc. at Philadelphia

* 1 U.S. 73 (O. T. Phila. 1783) Respublica v. Mesca

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 77 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1784) McCarty v. Nixon
* 1 U.S. 81 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1784) Hunter’s Lessee v. Kennedy
* 1 U.S. 81 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1784) Rivers v. Walker
* 1 U.S. 81 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1784) Carlisle v. Cunningham
* 1 U.S. 82 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1784) Leib v. Bolton
* 1 U.S. 83 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1784) Hagner v. Musgrove
* 1 U.S. 83 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1784) Snowden v. Hemming

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 85 (Pa. 1784) Rodman v. Hoops’s Executor
* 1 U.S. 86 (Pa. 1784) Respublica v. Doan
* 1 U.S. 93 (Pa. 1784) Hamilton’s Lessee v. Galloway
* 1 U.S. 94 (Pa. 1784) Burke’s Lessee v. Ryan
* 1 U.S. 94 (Pa. 1784) Hight v. Wilson

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the High Court of Errors and Appeals of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 95 (Err. App. Pa. 1784) Talbot v. Commanders and Owners of Three Brigs

### Cases ruled and adjudged in a Court of Oyer and Terminer, etc. at Philadelphia

* 1 U.S. 110 (O. T. Phila. 1784) Respublica v. Keating
* 1 U.S. 111 (O. T. Phila. 1784) Respublica v. De Longchamps

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 119 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1784) Young v. Reuben
* 1 U.S. 119 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1784) Gerard v. Basse

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 123 (Pa. 1785) Davison’s Lessee v. Bloomer
* 1 U.S. 124 (Pa. 1785) Tracy v. Wikoff
* 1 U.S. 125 (Pa. 1785) Wharton v. Morris
* 1 U.S. 126 (Pa. 1785) Wilson’s Lessee v. Campbell

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 127 Shoemaker v. Shirtliffe
* 1 U.S. 129 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Scottin v. Stanley
* 1 U.S. 129 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Buckley v. Durant
* 1 U.S. 130 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Carrew v. Willing
* 1 U.S. 131 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Campbell v. Richardson
* 1 U.S. 133 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Shoemaker v. Shirtliffe
* 1 U.S. 133 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Burrows v. Heysham

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 135 (Pa. 1785) Geyger v. Stoy
* 1 U.S. 135 (Pa. 1785) Jackson v. Mason
* 1 U.S. 136 (Pa. 1785) Graham’s Appeal
* 1 U.S. 137 (Pa. 1785) Vanhorn’s Lessee v. Harrison
* 1 U.S. 139 (Pa. 1785) McCullum v. Coxe
* 1 U.S. 140 (Pa. 1785) Morris v. De Mars

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 141 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Woods v. Courter
* 1 U.S. 142 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Mifflin v. Gasqui
* 1 U.S. 142 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Dorrow v. Kelly
* 1 U.S. 145 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Brown v. Scott
* 1 U.S. 147 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Morris v. Tarin
* 1 U.S. 149 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Henderson v. Allen

### Cases ruled and adjudged in a Court of Oyer and Terminer, etc. at Philadelphia

* 1 U.S. 150 (O. T. Phila. 1785) Respublica v. Caldwell

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 151 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Hollingsworth v. Hamelin
* 1 U.S. 152 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Lazarus Barnet's Case
* 1 U.S. 154 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Case v. Hufty
* 1 U.S. 155 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Vienne v. McCarty
* 1 U.S. 156 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Weaver v. Lawrence
* 1 U.S. 158 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1785) Taylor v. Knox

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 161 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1786) Hollingsworth v. Leiper
* 1 U.S. 162 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1786) Ogden v. Ash
* 1 U.S. 164 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1786) Marriot v. Davey
* 1 U.S. 164 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1786) Stotesbury v. Covenhoven
* 1 U.S. 164 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1786) Somers v. Balabrega

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 165 (Pa. 1786) Sliver v. Shelback
* 1 U.S. 167 (Pa. 1786) Belt v. Dalby
* 1 U.S. 169 (Pa. 1786) Kunckel v. Baker
* 1 U.S. 170 (Pa. 1786) Moore’s Lessee v. Few

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 171 (C. P. Phila. 1786) Dutilh v. Ritchie
* 1 U.S. 172 (C. P. Phila. 1786) Shotwell v. Boehm

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 173 (Pa. 1786) Grier v. Grier
* 1 U.S. 175 (Pa. 1786) Lee v. Biddis
* 1 U.S. 175 (Pa. 1786) Kerlin’s Lessee v. Bull

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the High Court of Errors and Appeals of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 180 (Err. App. Pa. 1786) Purviance v. Angus

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 187 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1786) Chaplin v. Kirwan
* 1 U.S. 187 (C. P. Phila. Ct. 1786) Hooten v. Will
* 1 U.S. 188 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1786) Innes v. Miller
* 1 U.S. 188 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1786) James v. Allen

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 193 (Pa. 1787) Gregory’s Lessee v. Setter
* 1 U.S. 193 (Pa. 1787) Morris v. Foreman

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 194 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1787) Gerard v. La Coste
* 1 U.S. 197 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1787) Shoemaker v. Knorr
* 1 U.S. 197 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1787) Phile v. Ship Anna
* 1 U.S. 208 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1787) January v. Goodman

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 210 (Pa. 1787) Pollard v. Shaaffer
* 1 U.S. 216 (Pa. 1787) Musgrove v. Gibbs

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 218 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1787) Doane’s Administrators v. Penhallow
* 1 U.S. 222 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1787) Eastwick v. Hugg
* 1 U.S. 225 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1787) Kuhn v. Primer
* 1 U.S. 225 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1787) Hocker v. Stricker
* 1 U.S. 226 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1787) Busby v. Busby

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 229 (Pa. 1788) Millar v. Hall
* 1 U.S. 233 (Pa. 1788) Respublica v. Gordon
* 1 U.S. 234 (Pa. 1788) Steinmetz v. Currey

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, etc. at Philadelphia

* 1 U.S. 236 (O. T. Phila. 1788) Respublica v. Shaffer

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 238 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Poultney v. Ross
* 1 U.S. 239 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Brown v. Sutter
* 1 U.S. 240 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Newman v. Bradley
* 1 U.S. 241 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Jackson v. Vanhorn
* 1 U.S. 241 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Penman v. Wayne
* 1 U.S. 248 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) James v. Young
* 1 U.S. 248 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Cooper v. Coates
* 1 U.S. 248 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Wallace v. Fitzsimmons
* 1 U.S. 251 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Schlosser v. Lesher
* 1 U.S. 251 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Shippen’s Lessee v. Bush
* 1 U.S. 251 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Gilpin v. Semple
* 1 U.S. 252 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Robertson v. Vogle

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 257 (Pa. 1788) Holingsworth v. Ogle
* 1 U.S. 261 (Pa. 1788) Chapman v. Steinmetz
* 1 U.S. 261 (Pa. 1788) Phelps v. Holker
* 1 U.S. 265 (Pa. 1788) Walton v. Willis
* 1 U.S. 265 (Pa. 1788) Henry v. Risk
* 1 U.S. 267 (Pa. 1788) Williams v. Geheogan
* 1 U.S. 268 (Pa. 1788) Guthrie v. White
* 1 U.S. 269 (Pa. 1788) Tillier v. Whitehead
* 1 U.S. 270 (Pa. 1788) Steinmetz v. Currie
* 1 U.S. 272 (Pa. 1788) Mifflin v. Bingham

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the High Court of Errors and Appeals of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 278 (Err. App. Pa. 1788) Lewis v. Maris
* 1 U.S. 288 (Err. App. Pa. 1788) Kirkbride v. Durden

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 293 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Tetter v. Rapesnyder
* 1 U.S. 294 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Thompson v. Young
* 1 U.S. 294 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Whiteside v. Oakman
* 1 U.S. 295 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Morgan v. Eckart
* 1 U.S. 296 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Bolton v. Martin
* 1 U.S. 305 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Kunckle v. Wynick
* 1 U.S. 308 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Wells v. Fox
* 1 U.S. 308 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Cooper v. Coats
* 1 U.S. 310 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Keely v. Ord
* 1 U.S. 310 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Lynch v. Wood
* 1 U.S. 310 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Hudson v. Howell

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 311 (Pa. 1788) Appeal of Brown
* 1 U.S. 312 (Pa. 1788) Shewell v. Wycoff
* 1 U.S. 312 (Pa. 1788) Zane's Executors v. Cowperthwaite
* 1 U.S. 313 (Pa. 1788) Williams v. Craig
* 1 U.S. 316 (Pa. 1788) Plowman v. Abrams
* 1 U.S. 317 (Pa. 1788) Richette v. Stewart
* 1 U.S. 319 (Pa. 1788) Respublica v. Oswald
* 1 U.S. 330 (Pa. 1788) Lesher v. Gehr
* 1 U.S. 335 (Pa. 1788) Respublica v. Teischer
* 1 U.S. 339 (Pa. 1788) James v. Browne
* 1 U.S. 340 (Pa. 1788) Butcher v. Coats

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 341 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Murdoch v. Will
* 1 U.S. 341 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Ingles v. Bringhurst
* 1 U.S. 347 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) McKegg v. Crawford
* 1 U.S. 347 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Geyer v. Smith
* 1 U.S. 348 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Penman v. Wayne
* 1 U.S. 348 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Barnard v. Field
* 1 U.S. 349 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Abbot v. Pinchin
* 1 U.S. 349 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Rapelie v. Emory
* 1 U.S. 349 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Oxley v. Cowperthwaite

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 351 (Pa. 1788) Walton v. Willis
* 1 U.S. 354 (Pa. 1788) Respublica v. Campbell
* 1 U.S. 354 (Pa. 1788) Ross v. Clarke
* 1 U.S. 355 (Pa. 1788) Hart v. James
* 1 U.S. 356 (Pa. 1788) Starrett’s Case
* 1 U.S. 357 (Pa. 1788) Respublica v. Sparhawk

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 364 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Kunckle v. Kunckle
* 1 U.S. 366 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Gorgerat v. McCarty
* 1 U.S. 369 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Waters v. Millar
* 1 U.S. 371 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Gibbs v. Gibbs
* 1 U.S. 375 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) McClenachan v. McCarty
* 1 U.S. 378 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Penrose v. Hart
* 1 U.S. 379 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Oniel v. Chew
* 1 U.S. 379 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Elliot v. Elliot
* 1 U.S. 379 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Weaver v. Lawrence
* 1 U.S. 380 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Pleasants v. Meng
* 1 U.S. 392 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Farrel v. McClea
* 1 U.S. 393 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1788) Camp v. Lockwood

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 405 (Pa. 1789) Pinchin v. Fry
* 1 U.S. 405 (Pa. 1789) Halhead v. Ross
* 1 U.S. 406 (Pa. 1789) Calvert v. Pitt
* 1 U.S. 406 (Pa. 1789) Johnson v. Hocker
* 1 U.S. 409 (Pa. 1789) Steele v. Steele
* 1 U.S. 410 (Pa. 1789) Smith v. Davids
* 1 U.S. 410 (Pa. 1789) Robbins v. Whitman

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 411 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1789) Schlosser v. Lesher

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 415 (Pa. 1789) Kennedy v. Nedrow
* 1 U.S. 419 (Pa. 1789) Zantzinger v. Pole
* 1 U.S. 419 (Pa. 1789) Patton v. Caldwell
* 1 U.S. 420 (Pa. 1789) Hamilton v. Callender’s Executors
* 1 U.S. 424 (Pa. 1789) De Haven v. Henderson
* 1 U.S. 424 (Pa. 1789) Thompson’s Lessee v. White
* 1 U.S. 428 (Pa. 1789) D'Utricht v. Melchor
* 1 U.S. 430 (Pa. 1789) Oxley v. Oldden
* 1 U.S. 430 (Pa. 1789) Levinz v. Will
* 1 U.S. 436 (Pa. 1789) Quesnel v. Mussi
* 1 U.S. 436 (Pa. 1789) Parker v. Wood

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 439 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1789) Phillips v. Hyde
* 1 U.S. 439 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1789) Holmes v. Comegys
* 1 U.S. 440 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1789) Adams v. La Comb

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

* 1 U.S. 441 (Pa. 1789) McCullough v. Houston
* 1 U.S. 444 (Pa. 1789) Cummings v. Lynn
* 1 U.S. 449 (Pa. 1789) Quesnel v. Mussy
* 1 U.S. 450 (Pa. 1789) Hooton v. Will
* 1 U.S. 452 (Pa. 1789) Primer v. Kuhn
* 1 U.S. 456 (Pa. 1789) Græme v. Harris
* 1 U.S. 457 (Pa. 1789) Bunner v. Neil
* 1 U.S. 458 (Pa. 1789) Thompson v. Musser
* 1 U.S. 469 (Pa. 1789) Respublica v. Betsey

### Cases ruled and adjudged in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

* 1 U.S. 480 (C. P. Phil. Cty. 1789) Lyle v. Foreman
* 1 U.S. 481 (C. P. Phil. Cty. 1789) Graff v. Smith’s Admors.
* 1 U.S. 486 (C. P. Phila. Cty. 1789) Pringle v. McClenachan