Respublica v. Lacaze
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was an action of debt in the debet et detinet, for £4000 sterling, equal to £. 6,666. 13. 8. currency, brought in the name of the commonwealth for the use of Lewis Lanoix, against James Lacaze, Michael Mallet, and John Ross, upon a writing signed by the defendants, dated the 4th of November 1783, and taken in the Court of Admiralty of Pennsylvania, in the nature of a caution, or stipulation.
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THIS was an action of debt in the debet et detinet, for £4000 sterling, equal to £. 6,666. 13. 8. currency, brought in the name of the commonwealth for the use of Lewis Lanoix, against James Lacaze, Michael Mallet, and John Ross, upon a writing signed by the defendants, dated the 4th of November 1783, and taken in the Court of Admiralty of Pennsylvania, in the nature of a caution, or stipulation. The information (which states the whole case) was in the following words: “ Philadelphia County ff. James Lacaze, Michael Mallet and John Ross, all late of the city of Philadelphia in the said…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice now delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.
M‘Kean, Chief Justice.
The defendants have moved, that the judgment rendered on the verdict in this cause, should be stayed on seven grounds ; and they have assigned one ground, upon which a new trial ought to be granted.
A motion for a new trial should not be made, after a motion in arrest of judgment, unless in cases where the party had no knowledge of the fact, at the time of moving in arrest of judgment. For, by moving in arrest of judgment, you tacitly admit the verdict is good. 2 Salk. 647. Bull. N. P. 326. and 1 Burr.…
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