Alexander v. Morris
Court of Appeals of Virginia
These five suits, which are appeals from the High Court of Chancery, are so interwoven with each other, as in truth to constitute different points in the same cause. The general history of which, as collected from the various bills and answers, is as follows: Robert Morris alledges, that, in 1783, overtures were made to him by the Farmers General of France, for a contract for tobacco.
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These five suits, which are appeals from the High Court of Chancery, are so interwoven with each other, as in truth to constitute different points in the same cause. The general history of which, as collected from the various bills and answers, is as follows: Robert Morris alledges, that, in 1783, overtures were made to him by the Farmers General of France, for a contract for tobacco. That delicacy prevented him from pursuing the subject, he having received information from Jonathan Williams, (the son-in-law of William Alexander,) that they had made a contract with the Farmers for supplying…
1Opinion of the Court
PENDLETON, President,
delivered the resolution of the Court, as follows:
In these voluminous and complex cases, the Court have taken up the points discussed distinctly, and will occasionally state the papers and correspondence, applicable to each question, as they shall occur.
The transactions between the parties took rise from an agreement in November, 1783, between Mr. Alexander *85and Jonathan Williams, by which they agree to bo jointly employed in supplying the Farmers General of France with tobacco, each to supply 100,000 livres for the purposes: Alexander to conic to, and settle in Virginia,…
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- Gray v. President of the Portland BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- Lilienthal v. WrightWashington Supreme Court · 1890
- Wilson v. RuckerCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1799