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1 H. & J. 622

Harper v. Hampton

General Court of Virginia

Decided May 15, 1805

General Court of Virginia · decided 1805-05-15

Assumpsit. The declaration and pleadings in this case are stated, ante 453. The cause again came on for trial at the last term, (October 1804,) when contended that the plaintiff’s cause of action, if he had one, arose on a demand by the plaintiff on tiie defendant, made in the state of South Carolina., and to that demand the defendant’s 4th, 5th, 8th,'9th, 12th, 13th, 16th, lí'th and 19th picas, are a bar.

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Decided 1805-05-15

How this case has been cited

Cited by 5 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 1932

4 state decisions

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Chase, Ch. J.

¶1The court are of opinion, and so direct the jury,'that the tender- of the bond to the. defendant in the manner stated, and the refusal of it by the defendant, ought not in any manner to influence or affect the decision of this case, nor the verdict of the jury thereon. The plaintiff excepted. Verdict and judgment for the defendant.

¶2The plaintiff appealed to the Court of Appeals; and the case was argued in that court at-June term 1808, by Martin and Key, for the Appellant., and the Appellant in proper person; and by Johnson, (Attorney-General,) and Magruder, for the Appellee, before Tilghman, Nicholson and Gantt, J. It was continued under curia ad. 'cult, and in consequence of the death of Judge Tilghman, until December term 1809, when the Appellant dismissed his appeal.

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