Delaware Court of Common Pleas, 1798

State v. McCullough

Delaware Court of Common Pleas · Decided December 20, 1798

2 Del. Cas. 121; 1798 Del. LEXIS 40

Counsel

Vandyke, Bayard [for plaintiff]. G. Read, Rodney [for defendant] ., Vandyke. , Bayard.

Opinion of the Court

In the second action on recognizance for wheat etc. for [-].1

*123James Riddle sworn. The price of wheat is from 12/6 to 13/2. I have sold three hundred bushels of wheat I believe at 13/. Good merchantable wheat is worth 13/ if it weighs sixty pounds per bushel. Valuation for 4577 bushels of such wheat:

[Since] y6 = 762

[Therefore] % = 3814

y2 [of 3814] = 1907

.[With] interest at 6% [for] eighteen years = 2160

We claim = 4067% bushels at 13 shillings per bushel.

The jury in this case return inquisition:

For damages - -- -- -- -- -- -- £2643.17.6

Costs - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - 10.0 .6

Amount - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2653.18.0

First action - - 288.14.4

£2942.12.4

Order granted for the sale of the whole of Solomon Maxwell’s real estate. List of debts:

Returned by Cooper, Daken, and Nevin, administrators 15,000

Debt sperate and desperate returned ------ 5,000

Deficiency - -- -- -- -- -- -- - 10,000

Blank in manuscript.

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