Layton v. State Ex Rel. Hazzard
Supreme Court of Delaware
Writ of error to the Justices of the Superior Court in Sussex county. Coram, Johns, Jr., Chancellor, Milligan, Justice, and Wm. H. Rogers, a judge ad litem in place of Judge Layton. The case came up on a writ of error to the judgment of the Superior Court in Sussex county, in an action of debt on an administration bond, dated 11th January, 1826, at the suit of the State for the use of Wm.
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Writ of error to the Justices of the Superior Court in Sussex county. Coram, Johns, Jr., Chancellor, Milligan, Justice, and Wm. H. Rogers, a judge ad litem in place of Judge Layton. The case came up on a writ of error to the judgment of the Superior Court in Sussex county, in an action of debt on an administration bond, dated 11th January, 1826, at the suit of the State for the use of Wm. Hazzard and wife, a legatee of John Wilson, dec’d., against Caleb S. Layton, who was administrator of the said John Wilson. (See ante 469.) The defendant in the action below craved oyer of the bond, set out…
1Opinion of the Court
WRIT OF ERROR to the Justices of the Superior Court in Sussex county. The case came up on a writ of error to the judgment of the Superior Court in Sussex county, in an action of debt on an administration bond, dated 11th January, 1826, at the suit of the State for the use of Wm. Hazzard and wife, a legatee of John Wilson, dec'd., against Caleb S. Layton, who was administrator of the said John Wilson. (See ante 469.) The defendant in the action below craved oyer of the bond, set out the condition, which was in the usual form, and pleaded among other pleas, payment and a set-off for necessaries…
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