Hall v. Ricketts
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 36 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM JEPPERSON COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. CITED Cooley’s Constitutional Limitations, 181. Story on U. S. Constitution, secs. 1757, 1762, 1739. Rawle on the Constitution, p. 135. Judiciary Act of Congress of 1789, chap. 20, sec. 17. Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, “ New Trial.” 6 Hill, 47, Baker v. Braman. 3 N. Y. 511, Embury v. Conner. 8 Barbour, 489, Heyward v. Mayor of New York. 5 Hill, 468, People v. Murray. 6 Wheat. 113, Hopkins y.
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Case 36 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM JEPPERSON COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. CITED Cooley’s Constitutional Limitations, 181. Story on U. S. Constitution, secs. 1757, 1762, 1739. Rawle on the Constitution, p. 135. Judiciary Act of Congress of 1789, chap. 20, sec. 17. Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, “ New Trial.” 6 Hill, 47, Baker v. Braman. 3 N. Y. 511, Embury v. Conner. 8 Barbour, 489, Heyward v. Mayor of New York. 5 Hill, 468, People v. Murray. 6 Wheat. 113, Hopkins y. Lee. 1Wheat. 355, Martin v. Hunter’s lessee. 3 Howard, 413, Bridge Co. V. Stewart. 1 Elliott’s Debates, 346, 380 to 410. 3 Ibid. 139…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hardin
This controversy is now for the third time before this court. We copy for convenience the following statement of the case as made in the opinion of this court delivered on the 31st of October, 1871, reversing the second decision of the cause in the court below:
“The foundation of the action was an account of $37,161.78 against Henry J. Lyons & Co., subject to a credit of $17,508.91. The present appellee, Ricketts, being the only member of the firm of H. J. Lyons & Co. before the court, answered, admitting the debt, but pleaded in avoidance a contract or agreement entered into between the…
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