New York Court of Chancery, 1817

Stackhouse v. Halsey

Stackhouse v. Halsey
New York Court of Chancery · Decided October 24, 1817
3 Johns. Ch. 74; 1817 N.Y. LEXIS 191; 1817 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 46

Counsel

Wyman, for the plaintiff., Maxwell, for the defendant.

Stackhouse v. Halsey

Opinion of the Court

The single point was, whether the words of the statute directing the advertisement of the sale “once a week for six successive months,” meant calendar or lunar months.

The Chancellor

ruled that lunar months were understood here, and in all" cases, in statutes, where months' are mentioned, and there is nothing in particular to indicate that calendaT months were intended, in contradistinction to the other. The cases of Lacon v. Hooper, (6 Term Rep. 224.) and of Talbot v. Linfield, (1 Wm. Blackstone’s Rep. 450.) were referred to. (a)

Vide Loring v. Halling, 15 Johns. Rep. 119. S. P. Leffingwell v. Pierpoint, 1 Johns. Cases, 100. Jackson v. Clark, 7 Johns. Rep. 217.

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