Poultney v. Ross
Supreme Court of the United States
An appeal being entered from tbe judgment of Isaac Howell, Esquire, one of the justices of the city of Philadelphia, éso.; on the trial of the cause, it appeared, that the defendant went to the store of the plaintiffs, and 'bought some articles, for which he afterwards paid ; that, at the same time, he carried with him, one Hawke, a' joiner, who complained that he was frequently distressed in his trade, for want of a small credit; whereupon, the défendant told the…
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An appeal being entered from tbe judgment of Isaac Howell, Esquire, one of the justices of the city of Philadelphia, éso.; on the trial of the cause, it appeared, that the defendant went to the store of the plaintiffs, and 'bought some articles, for which he afterwards paid ; that, at the same time, he carried with him, one Hawke, a' joiner, who complained that he was frequently distressed in his trade, for want of a small credit; whereupon, the défendant told the plaintiffs, that he did not think they would suffer by trusting him for two or three dollars, as he was an industrious and honest…
1Opinion of the Court
*Shippen, President.
As the law that has prevailed upon this r*239 subject, is adapted to the peculiar situation of the country, it will nat- *- urally differ from the law which is established in other places, under difterent circumstances. Thus, though in England, the shop-book of a trades- U) an is not evidence of a debt, witbout the assistant oath of the clerk who made the entry ; yet here, from the necessity of the case, as business is often ca rried on by the principal, and many of our tradesmen do not keep clerks, the book, proved by the oath of the plaintiff himself, has always been…
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