Case Name: BURTON'S LESSEE v. PRETTYMAN
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Decision Date: 1793-11-03
Citations: 2 Del. Cas. 4
Docket Number: 
Parties: BURTON’S LESSEE v. PRETTYMAN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Delaware Cases
Volume: 2
Pages: 4–4

Head Matter:
BURTON’S LESSEE v. PRETTYMAN.
Supreme Court.
November 3, 1793.
Read’s Notebook, 3.
Bayard, counsel for [-],
said the former Chief Justice had said he knew of no rule of practice, “that had been established by our courts, but this, that a struck jury should continue until a new application,” to which the Chief Justice Read replied, “I have heard the former Chief Justice complain that the struck juries stood too long, and I am of opinion if they stand longer than one term, it is by agreement.”
This case is also reported in Wilson’s Red Book, 6.
Blank in manuscript.

Opinion:
[Note.] It is the law in England, vide 1 Term 453.