Delaware Court of Common Pleas, 1796

Long v. Spear

Long v. Spear
Delaware Court of Common Pleas · Decided April 15, 1796
1 Del. Cas. 91
Long v. Spear

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

(In their charge.) There is no rule more certain and better established than this, that every plaintiff must have a right to sue at the time of action brought, and here the plaintiff had not.

Notwithstanding, the jury gave a verdict for plaintiff to which defendant agreed not to take exception on my letting him out of jail, for he was surrendered, and paying the costs of this suit.

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