Bartlet v. Prince

Decided November 15, 1812

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1812-11-15

Trover for sundiy goods, wares, and merchandise. Upon the general issue of not guilty pleaded and joined, a trial being had before Sewall, J., at the sittings here after the last November term, the defendants filed their bill of exceptions, at common law, to the opinion and direction of the judge who sat in the trial.

Relies on Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Pennsylvania v. Smith

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Decided 1812-11-15

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Cited by 6 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 1871

5 state decisions

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¶1* But the Court stopped them, saying they were all agreed that the plaintiff was entitled to judgment on the verdict. The Chief' Justice observed that he had always conceived that by insolvency, in the acts of Congress, was to be understood some overt and notorious act, which the laws of the state recognize as an insolvency, (a)

¶2Judgment on the verdict.

¶3{a) [Prince vs. Bartlet, S. C. in Error, 8 Cranch, 431.— United States vs. Hooe, 3 Cranch, 91. — M'Lean vs. Rankin, 3 Johns. Rep. 370.— Watkins vs. Otis, 2 Pick. 88. — Canard vs. The Atlantic Ins. Co., 1 Peters's R. S. C. 438.— Thellusson vs. Smith, 3 Wheat. 396. — Farmers Mechanics Bank. vs. Smith, 6 Wheat. 131. — Ed.]