Bayard v. McLane
Supreme Court of Delaware
Appeal from chancery, New Castle county. The bill stated that James A. Bayard was an attorney and coun-sellor at law, and Allen McLane the collector of the United States for the Delaware district, in April 1812, when the said collector “seized as forfeited under the laws of the United States the ship Good Friends, Robert Thompson, master, then lying at New Castle,, belonging to Stephen Girard, of Philadelphia.”
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Appeal from chancery, New Castle county. The bill stated that James A. Bayard was an attorney and coun-sellor at law, and Allen McLane the collector of the United States for the Delaware district, in April 1812, when the said collector “seized as forfeited under the laws of the United States the ship Good Friends, Robert Thompson, master, then lying at New Castle,, belonging to Stephen Girard, of Philadelphia.” That by a contract under seal, dated 21st of April, 1812, reciting the said seizure, it was. agreed between the said Allen McLane and James A. Bayard, that the said J. A. Bayard should…
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The bill stated that James A. Bayard was an attorney and counsellor at law, and Allen McLane the collector of the United States for the Delaware district, in April 1812, when the said collector "seized as forfeited under the laws of the United States the ship Good Friends, Robert Thompson, master, then lying at New Castle, belonging to Stephen Girard, of Philadelphia." That by a, contract under seal, dated 21st of April, 1812, reciting the said seizure, it was agreed between the said Allen McLane and James A. Bayard, that the said J. A. Bayard should render his services as counsel in the…
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