Penhallow v. Doane's Administrators

3 U.S. 54 (____)

3 Dall. 54

PENHALLOW, et al.

versus

DOANE'S Administrators.

Supreme Court of United States.

On the 24th of Feb. 1795, the Judges delivered their opinions seriatim.

PATERSON, Justice:

This cause has been much obscured by the irregularity of the pleadings, which present a medley of procedure, partly according to the common, and partly according to the civil, law. We must endeavour to extract a state of the case from the Record, Documents, and Acts, which have been exhibited.

[Here the Judge delivered the historical narrative of the cause, with which this report is introduced, and then…