INDEX
(TO VOLUMES 4 & 5)
Note: Page references in italics refer to illustrations or captions. All locations are in Massachusetts unless otherwise indicated. JQ refers to Josiah Quincy Jr.
abatement pleas vs. special Demurrer, 280, 282–85, 282nn.1–2, 284nn.2–3
Abbe, Searle v. See Searle v. Abbe
Abbot, Coffin v., 560n
Abridgment of all Sea-Laws (Welwood), 259
Acta Regia (de Thoyras), 513
“An Act for the Settlement of the Bounds, and Defraying of the Publick and Necessary Charges Arising within Each Respective County in this Province,” 801, 804
action of account, 97, 466–77
Act of Settlement (1700), 667, 669
Acts and Laws, 41
“Acts Respecting Capital Crimes,” 611
Adams, Abigail Smith, 508
Adams, John
on barristers’ attire, 157, 689, 874n.2
biography of, 882
birthplace of, 599
Boston Massacre soldiers represented by, 8–9, 70, 799
cases
Pynchon, Executor v. Brewster, 499–501, 543, 544–49
Symes v. Hill, 692–702
Tyler v. Richards, 496–501
Whitney v. Whitney, 340–43
on informers, 338–39n
as a lawyer, 155, 156, 156n, 267–68, 497
legal credentials of, 509
Memorial of Boston advocated by (see Memorial of Boston)
as a patriot, 64n.130, 65n.140, 69, 505
on Paxton’s Case, xiv–xv
as president, 39, 64, 497, 529
on the professionalism of the bar, 503
prominence of, 63–64n.130, 64
on the Stamp Act, 68–69, 426n.21
as Suffolk Bar Association secretary, 66, 689
on Thacher vs. Otis, 291
on the writs of assistance, 192n.3
Adams, John Quincy, 599
Adams, Sam, 237
Adams v. Haffard, 278n
Admiralty jurisdiction, 55–56, 256, 256n, 258n.2, 259, 261, 262n, 264n.5, 266
See also Lovell v. Doble; Poor v. Doble
Aeneid (Virgil), 639, 641, 643
affidavits, 150–51, 150n, 829
alarm-list vs. train-band-list (conscription), 412–17, 412nn.1–2, 414n, 416–17n
Allen, Charles, 863, 863n.21, 871
Allen, Hearn v. See Hearn v. Allen
Allison v. Cockran, vii, 60, 296–304
arguments, 303–4, 303–4nn.2–3
court records, 299
manuscript page, 297
notes, 301
overview and brief description, 296, 296n, 298–302, 298n, 300n, 302–3n.1
professionals involved, 299
summary of, 834
Amar, Akhil Reed, 48
American Medical Ass’n v. U.S., 856
American Revolution
outbreak of, 75n.165
Superior Court of Judicature after, 45, 423–24, 423n.11
Ammidown v. Freeland, 167, 852–53
Andrew, John, 863
Angier v. Jackson, 49, 49n.44, 49n.46, 270–74, 272nn.3–4, 833
anonymous case of land attached for debts, 780–96
argumentative style of, 783
authorities cited, 783–86, 793
on notice of land ownership, 787
overview and brief description, 780–82
professionals involved, 781, 783
on recording a deed, 787–96, 796n
summary of, 847
on a tenant in fee simple, 795
appeals, 363
and admiralty jurisdiction, 268–69
of death, 198n
of murder, 198n, 200n.8
to Privy Council, 115, 117, 127n, 363, 365 (see also Dudley v. Dudley; Scollay v. Dunn)
to Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 115
appellants who neglect to prosecute their appeal, 738–41
apprentices
covenant between minor apprentice and master, 230–33, 230n, 232n
freedom/rights of, 147
Apthorp, Charles, 555
Apthorp, Charles Ward, 555, 663
Apthorp, East, 555
Apthorp House, 555
Apthorp v. Eyres, 556–60, 840–41
Apthorp v. Shepard, 660–63, 660n, 662n.3, 843
Apthorp & Wheelwright, Pateshall v. See Pateshall v. Apthorp & Wheelwright
Armstrong v. Lisle, 196n.8, 198n
arrest, resisting, 293
Ashley v. Ashley, 273
assets, legal vs. equitable, 768
Assistants, Writ of, 205
See also Paxton’s Case of the Writ of Assistance
assumpsit
on an account annexed, 596–98, 596n
on notes, 340–43, 342nn.1–2, 574–77, 576n
See also indebitatus assumpsit
Astley v. Reynolds, 607
attachment
of executor’s body and goods, 152–54, 829
of mortgaged land, 692–702, 702n
vs. summons, 306n.2, 308n.2
writ of, 797
attaints, 272, 272n.3
Attucks, Crispus, 799
See also Boston Massacre Trial
Atwood v. Atwood, 405n
Auchmuty, Robert
biography of, 878–79
Boston Massacre soldiers represented by, 71, 799
cases (see also Allison v. Cockran; Banister v. Henderson; Dudley v. Dudley; Pateshall v. Apthorp & Wheelwright; Paxton’s Case of the Writ of Assistance; Scollay v. Dunn)
Angier v. Jackson, 49n.44, 270–74, 272nn.3–4
Apthorp v. Eyres, 556–60
Apthorp v. Shepard, 660–63, 662n.3
Baker v. Frobisher, 86–89
Bishop v. Brig Freemason, 808–18, 808nn.1–2, 810nn.2–3, 818–20n
Box v. Welch, 550–54
Bromfield v. Lovejoy, 570–73
Carpenter v. Fairservice, 51n.55, 574–77, 576n, 595
Derumple v. Clark, 164–70, 166n
Dunn v. Scollay, 55–57, 478–81
Elwell v. Pierson, 178–87, 187n
Gardiner v. Purrington, 212–17, 216–17nn.2–4
Gibbs v. Gibbs, 592–95
Hall v. Miller, 596–98
Hanlon v. Thayer, 61n.122, 306–13
Norwood v. Fairservice, 49, 482–89, 593, 595
Tyler v. Richards, 496–501
Whitney v. Whitney, 340–43
Wrentham Proprietors v. Metcalf, 158–62, 158n, 177
as a lawyer, 156
prominence of, 63–64n.130
as a Tory, 64n.130, 65, 271
Austen, Jane, 62–63
Pride and Prejudice, 63n.129
Austin, Jefferies v., 603
authorities cited, overview of, 825
Bacon, Francis: A Collection of Some Principal Rules and Maxims of the Common Lawes, 507
Bacon’s [Matthew] New Abridgment of the Law
on debts for rent vs. deeds, 483, 485
on execution, 637
on Indebitatus assumpsit, 607
influence of, 227, 409
on owners’ liability for loss of merchandise, 479
publication of, 213, 215
on yeomen and gentlemen, 571, 573
Bagnal v. Sacheverell, 548n
Baker, J. H., 499–500
Baker v. Frobisher, 86–89, 86nn.1–2, 643, 826–27
Baker v. Mattocks, 62–63, 63n.129, 234–45
arguments, 236, 236nn.1–2, 238, 240, 242, 244
authorities cited, 237, 239
citations to, 239
custom’s role in, 643
judgment, 244–45, 244n, 345, 347, 369, 371, 395n
note, 239, 241, 243, 245
overview and brief description, 234–35, 234n
professionals involved, 237
record, 235
summary of, 833
See also Banister v. Henderson
Ballard v. McLean, 320–23, 322n, 835
Balston, Gridley v., 224–27, 224nn.1–2, 832
Banister v. Cunningham, 347, 395–97n
Banister v. Henderson, 344–94
American authorities cited, 357–59
and appeals, 363
authorities cited, generally, 349, 351, 383–84
charges on the estate, 357, 359
citations to, 359–63
on collateral warranties, 355, 362, 369, 372–73, 378–79, 395n
court records, 347
on cross-remainders, 358, 360–61, 365, 367–68, 370, 372–77, 380–84
entail issue, 347, 353–57, 362–65
errors regarding English precedent, 353, 355, 369
importance of, 345, 349, 351, 362–63
intent of the testator, 364, 367–68, 370, 372–76, 379–80, 383–84
judgment, 347, 371, 394, 394–95n.9
legal issues, summary of, 365
marriage issues, 345, 347–48, 350–53
overview and brief description, 344–47, 346n, 348n.2, 394–95n.9
professionals involved, 347, 349
on reddendo Singula Singulis (“by giving each to each”), 361, 382
“States of the Case” (written arguments), 369, 371, 384–94
summary of, 836
tone of legal argument in, 349
on videbatur (it “seems”), 361, 377
See also Baker v. Mattocks
Barnes v. Greenleaf, 174–77, 174n, 830
Barradall, Edward, 36–37n.3
Barré, Isaac, 60n.117
Bassett v. Mayhew, 293–94, 294n.6
bastard children, murder of, 406–11, 408n
bastardy, proof of, 407, 409
battle, trial by, 200n.8
bawdy houses, 286–89, 289n
Belcher, Jones v., 104–5, 104n, 827
Bent, Samuel Arthur, 6n.4
Berkshire Affair (Major Hawley affair), 581, 585, 587–89n
Bermuda’s judicial system, 422, 422nn.5–6
Bernard, Francis, 513, 520, 525–28n, 532n, 627n, 629n, 809, 811, 815, 818–20n
Bettenham, Ricord v., 57n.95
Betts, Merrick v., 59–60, 59–60n.111, 855
Bicknell, Draper v. See Draper v. Bicknell
Bill, Anna, 141, 146n.4
See also Oliver v. Sale
Billing, Newport v., 142n
Bill of Middlesex, 411
Bill of Rights, Writ of Assistants barred by, 205
bills of indictment, 329
Bishop v. Brig Freemason, 808–18, 808nn.1–2, 810nn.2–3, 818–20n, 848
Black, Barbara Aronstein, 421
Blackburn, Joseph, 207, 265, 310
blacks, free, vs. whites, 145, 147
blacksmiths, 102–3
Blackstone, Sir William, 302–3n
Commentaries, 357, 365, 463, 753, 785, 793
black troops, 6, 6n.4
blasphemy, 567
Blower v. Campbell, 102–3, 827
Blunt v. Melcher, 232n
Blyth, Benjamin, 508
Board of Trade, 811
Bollan, William: The Freedom of Speech and Writing, 613, 615
Boosey, Horne v., 813
Boston Almanac, 516
Boston Corps of Cadets, 6n.4
Boston Evening Post, 195
Boston Gazette
Thomas Hutchinson’s battle with, 563, 565, 579–81, 611, 613, 626–32n, 677
JQ vs. Dickinson in, 615
Petition of the Jurors in the Trials of Captain Preston and the British Soldiers, 807
Bostonian Society, xv
Boston Massacre engraving (Revere), 681, frontispiece (Vol. V)
Boston Massacre Trial (1771), 8–10, 9n.11, 10n.13, 66, 67, 70–71, 70–71n.157, 263
See also Petition of the Jurors in the Trials of Captain Preston and the British Soldiers
Boston Port Bill, 60n.117
Boston Post Boy, 305
Bouffay Prison (Nantes), 251
Boyd v. U.S., 851
Bracton, Henry of: De Legibus, 69, 70n.155
Bradley, Daniel, 98–101
Bradley, Zuill v. See Zuill v. Bradley
Brattle, William, 63–64n.130, 65, 668n.2
Brennan, William J., Jr., 203
Brewster, Pynchon, Executor v. See Pynchon, Executor v. Brewster
Briceland, Alan V., 36n
Brig Freemason, Bishop v. See Bishop v. Brig Freemason
Briggs, Sayles v., 80n.2, 82n.2
Bromfield v. Little, 57–58, 57n.100, 58n.103, 324–27, 835
Bromfield v. Lovejoy, 570–73, 841
Brown v. Culnan, 228–29, 228n, 832
Bullard, Daniels v., 172–73, 830
Buller v. Crips, 641
Burke, Edmund, 461
Burn, Richard, 353
Burns, Anthony, 6n.4
Burn’s Ecclesiastical Law, 351–52, 354
Bush, El-Banna et al. v., 335
Caesar v. Taylor, 142n
Caldwell, James, 799
See also Boston Massacre Trial
Campbell, Blower v., 102–3, 827
Capias ad Satisfaciendum, 636, 638, 646, 648–49
capias in withernam, 143, 145, 148, 148n
Carpenter v. Fairservice, 51, 51n.55, 574–77, 576n, 595, 841
Carr, Patrick, 799
See also Boston Massacre Trial
Carter, Sally Ann, 309, 310
Cartwright’s Case, 853
Case of the Commendams, 513, 669
cases, tables of
alphabetical, 21–23, 29–33, 429–31, 439–42
memoranda and charges, 442–43
sequential, 27–28, 435–37
“Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Estate of Josiah Quincy Junr. Esq: Deceas’d”
bibliographical guide to, 914–30
list of books, 891–913
manuscript cover, 888
overview of, 889–90
caveat emptor, 86n.2, 88–89
Center for Humanities, Inc., Gasperini v. See Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
certiorari, writ of, 490–91
Chadock v. Cowley, 353, 356, 358
Chamberlain v. Harvey, 298n, 300n
chancery, bills in, 108, 108n
Chardon, Peter, 306–13
Charles Street Jail, 333, 335
The Charter of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, 115
The Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay, 92, 247
chattels real
mortgage of land as, 768–69
for payment of debts, vs. personal estate, 126–27
in place of money, to pay a debt, 650–54, 651n, 657n.4
Chermerinsky, Erwin, 48
Chipman, John, 156, 858
City of Roxbury, Commonwealth v. See Commonwealth v. City of Roxbury
Civil War, 5–6, 6n.4, 141
Clapp, Evans v., 134, 854
Clap v. Joslyn, 322n
Clark, Derumple v., 164–70, 166n, 830
clergy, benefit of, 198n
Cockran, Allison v. See Allison v. Cockran
Coffin v. Abbot, 560n
cohabitation, 348n.3
Cohen, Morris, 41
Coke, Sir Edward
authority of, 201
The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, 61–62n.122
in Prohibitions Del Roy case, 70n.155
Coke on Littleton
on lex cogit ad impossibilia, 509
quoted in Law Reports, 72–73
on real property inheritance, 409
Coke’s Institutes
influence of, 509
Coke’s Reports
influence of, 69, 70n.155
Slade’s Case, 96, 97
Coles, John, Jr., 223
A Collection of Some Principal Rules and Maxims of the Common Lawes (F. Bacon), 507
Collet v. De Gols & Ward, 758
Com. v. Schaeffer, 856
Committee of Correspondence, 40, 66
common lands, protection of, 400–405
common law
attachment vs. summons, 306n.2, 308n.2
vs. colonial court authority, 41, 41n.19, 54–55 (see also reasonable custom)
on juries, 48–49, 48n.41, 52n.62
legitimacy of, 850
mercantile custom incorporated into, 327, 469, 641, 643
on negroes as witnesses, 45n.28
pleading in, 285
primogeniture, 63n.129, 115, 235, 236n.2, 241 (see also male entail)
privity doctrine, 57, 61
trover vs. detinue, 60n.114
Common Law Procedure Act (1852), 549
Commonwealth v. City of Roxbury, 852, 858–59, 866–68, 867–68n.34
Commonwealth v. Kozlowsky, 855
Commonwealth v. Wingate, 82n.3, 83
communis error facit jus, 256, 258n.2
Connecticut, written legal opinions in, 43n.21
Connecticut Reports (Kirby), 36n
Connecticut Reports (Root), 327
Connecticut River R. Co. v. Franklin County Com’rs, 854
conscription, 412–17, 412nn.1–2, 414n, 416–17n
conspiracy to rescue, 276–79, 276n, 278n
constables’ authority, 712–13, 712n
Constitution: Seventh Amendment, 48–51, 48n.41, 52n.62, 273–74
consumer protection, 86–89, 86nn.1–2, 643, 826–27
contempt, 734–37
contextualists, 35, 35n.1
contracts
express vs. implied, 547
guardians’ avoidance of contracts beneficial to their wards, 231, 233
indebitatus assumpsit, 57–58, 57n.100, 94–95, 94n.1, 97 (see also Bromfield v. Little)
and taxes on rental property, 128–31, 131n
Cook, Ingraham v. See Ingraham v. Cook
Cook, In the Matter of, 83, 85
Copley, John Singleton, 249, 453, 529, 703, 719
Cortisos v. Munoz, 321
Cotton, John: “Moses his Judicialls,” 611
Council Chamber (Old State House, Boston), xiv–xv, 310
counterfeiting, 539–40
court access, 93
court costs, 89, 91
Court of General Sessions of the Peace, 798–806, 800n, 802n
Court of Military Appeals, 857
Cowley, Chadock v., 353, 356, 358
creditor elections. See Richmond v. Davis
creditor interest. See Bromfield v. Little
credit period, elapsed, 596–98
criminal defendants, representation of, 407
criminal vs. civil contempt, 737
Crips, Buller v., 641
Culnan, Brown v., 228–29, 228n, 832
Cunningham, Banister v., 347, 395–97n
Cunningham, Timothy: The Law of Bills of Exchange, 604
Curtis v. Nightingale, 606–9, 606n, 608n.1, 842
Cushing, John, Jr.
appointment to Superior Court, 885
as a Whig, 237
biography of, 886
cases (see also Allison v. Cockran; Baker v. Mattocks; Banister v. Henderson)
Apthorp v. Eyres, 556–60
Ballard v. McLean, 320–23
Bromfield v. Little, 58, 324–27
Carpenter v. Fairservice, 51, 574–77, 576n, 595
Derumple v. Clark, 164–70, 166n
Hanlon v. Thayer, 62n.123, 306–13
Norwood v. Fairservice, 50, 50n.52, 482–89, 593, 595
Poor v. Dougharty, 78–85, 133, 134–35
Symes v. Hill, 692–702
Wrentham Proprietors v. Metcalf, 158–62, 158n, 177
dissent by, 823 (table)
prominence of, 64n.130
See also Pateshall v. Apthorp & Wheelwright
Cushing, Luther, 859–60, 860n.9
Cushing, William, 39, 42–43n.21, 45, 49n.46
appointment to Superior Court, 886
biography of, 880
cases
Reed’s Case, 716–18
Whitney v. Haven, 726–27, 726n
dissent by, 823 (table)
as a lawyer, 156
as a patriot, 64n.130
portrait of, 420
prominence of, 63–64n.130, 64
reappointment of, 424, 424n.12, 745
as Supreme Court Justice, 424, 424n.14, 715
Cushing’s Reports, 862–63, 863n.18
customers vs. contractors, 89
customs officers’ authority, 202n.15, 205–6
See also Paxton’s Case of the Writ of Assistance
custom vs. common law, 327
Dallas, Alexander J.: Reports of Cases Ruled and Adjudged in Several Courts, 36n, 46
Dalton, Hallowell v., 150–51, 150n, 829
Dalton, James, 150–51
damages awarded by juries, 600–603, 602n, 605
Dana, Francis
as a patriot, 64n.130
prominence of, 63–64n.130, 65
Dana, Richard
biography of, 876
cases (see also Banister v. Henderson)
Ballard v. McLean, 320–23
Curtis v. Nightingale, 606–9
Flagg v. Hobart, 720–24, 722nn.1–2, 724n
Minot v. Prout, 106–9
death of, 721
as a lawyer, 156
oath of resignation administered to Andrew Oliver by, 677, 679, 683–84n
as an Overseer of the Poor, 607
as a patriot, 679
Stamp Act opposed by, 607, 721
Daniels v. Bullard, 172–73, 830
Davis, Richmond v. See Richmond v. Davis
Davis v. U.S., 851
Dawes, Thomas, Jr., 671
death, appeals of, 198n
Debay, Auguste Hyacinthe, 251
Declaration Act (1766), 461, 463
Declaration of Independence, 39
De Donis statute (1285), 235, 240–43, 245
De Gols & Ward, Collet v., 758
De Jure Maritimo et Navali (Molloy), 254, 259, 267
De Legibus (Bracton), 69, 70n.155
Demurrer, special, vs. abatement pleas, 280, 282–85, 282nn.1–2, 284nn.2–3
Dennie, Thwing v., 734–37, 846
Denny v. Lincoln, 176n
depositions
lack of notice of, 172–73, 174–77, 174n, 830
and service of a writ, 150–51, 150n
vs. testimony, 146, 146n.5
Derick v. Taylor, 854
Derumple v. Clark, 164–70, 166n, 830
descent, natural right of, 237, 238, 240, 243
de Thoyras, Paul Rapin: Acta Regia, 513
detinue vs. trover, 60n.114
Dewing v. Train, 423, 742–47, 744nn, 749, 846
Dickinson, John, 74n.163, 615
Discourses upon a few branches of the Crown law (M. Foster), 509, 613, 813
Doaks, Dom. Rex v. See Dom. Rex v. Doaks
Doble, Lovell v. See Lovell v. Doble
Doble, Poor v. See Poor v. Doble
Doctors’ Commons, 507
Dodge v. Perkins, 94n.2, 95, 97
Dom. Rex v. Doaks, 62, 286–89, 289n, 409, 834
Dom. Rex v. Gay, 290–94, 290n, 292n.5, 294nn.5–6, 834
Dom. Rex v. Mangent, 406–11, 408n, 837
Dom. Rex v. Pourksdorff, 314–18, 314n.2, 316n, 318n, 835
Donis conditionalibus, 398n
Dorr v. Tremont Nat’l Bank, 721, 854
Dougharty, Poor v. See Poor v. Dougharty
Draper v. Bicknell, 412–17, 412nn.1–2, 414n, 416–17n, 837
Dudley, Joseph, 156, 881
Dudley v. Dudley, 62–63, 63n.129, 110–27
appeal to Privy Council, 115, 117, 127n
authorities cited, 113
charges on the estate, 357
citations to, 113–14, 359, 368
entail ban cited, 119–22
judgment in, 115, 127, 127–28n, 359, 371
overview and brief description, 110–11, 110n
professionals involved, 113
record, 111–13
summary of, 828
testator’s intention interpreted, 115–16, 118–27, 127–28n
Dunn, John, 251, 269
Dunn v. Scollay, 52–57, 52n.64, 53n.68, 60–61, 478–81, 478n, 480n, 838
See also Scollay v. Dunn
Dunten v. Richards, 230–33, 230n, 232n, 832
durante bene placito vs. Quamdiu tenure, 667, 669
Eisenstadt, Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail v., 333, 335
ejectione firmae (ejectment from land), 400–405
El-Banna et al. v. Bush, 335
Elegit, 636, 638, 642, 646, 651n, 653
Elwell v. Pierson, 178–87, 187n, 357, 359, 368, 830
English Civil War, 513
entails. See Baker v. Mattocks; Banister v. Henderson; Dudley v. Dudley; male entail
Entreprenante (privateer), 261, 266
See also Dunn v. Scollay; Scollay v. Dunn
error, writ of, 256, 258, 258n.2
Evans v. Clapp, 134, 854
evidence
land title as, 212–17, 216–17nn.2–4
of marriage, 348n.3, 351–52, 354
parol, 132–35, 132nn.2–3, 133, 134, 828, 854
promissory notes as, 600–603, 605
verdicts against, 49–51, 49n.44, 49n.46, 50nn.49–50, 50n.52, 273 (see also Angier v. Jackson)
Exchequer, 201, 203, 204, 205
executors
breach of trust as tort, 224–27, 224nn.1–2
duties of, 153
Eyres, Apthorp v., 556–60, 840–41
factors, money paid to, 94–95, 94nn.1–2, 97
Fairservice, Carpenter v. See Carpenter v. Fairservice
Fairservice, Norwood v. See Norwood v. Fairservice
false imprisonment. See Poor v. Dougharty
Farmington River Water Power Co. v. Co. Commissioners, 853
Farnham, Daniel, 156, 876
Fay v. Golding, 342n.1, 343
Federal Appeals Court, 856
Federal District Court, 856–57
fee simple vs. fee tail, 111, 114, 235
See also Dudley v. Dudley
feudal system, 787
Fieri Facias, 636, 638, 642, 647, 651n
1st Louisiana Native Guards, 6
First Charter (Massachusetts, 1629), 41, 421
The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England (Coke), 61–62n.122
Fisher, William W., III, 35n.1
Fitch, Samuel, 50
biography of, 879–80
cases (see also Baker v. Mattocks; Pateshall v. Apthorp & Wheelwright)
Apthorp v. Eyres, 556–60
Lovell v. Doble, 280–85, 282nn.1–2, 284nn.2–3
Norwood v. Fairservice, 482–89, 593, 595
Symes v. Hill, 692–702
as a lawyer, 156
prominence of, 63–64n.130
as a Tory, 64n.130, 237
Flagg v. Hobart, 720–24, 722nn.1–2, 724n, 845
foremedon, writ of, 243
forgery, 333, 337, 577, 593, 595
Foster, John, 457
Foster, Sir Michael: Discourses upon a few branches of the Crown law (M. Foster), 509, 613, 813
four Seas (King’s Dominions) rule, 409
Fowle v. Richardson, 781, 783, 846
Fowle v. Wyman, 730–33, 730nn.1–2, 732n.3, 732n.5
Foye, Jackson v. See Jackson v. Foye
Franklin, Benjamin, 461
Freeborn American, 563, 580n.1
The Freedom of Speech and Writing (Bollan), 613, 615
freedom of the press, 579, 581, 583–85, 613, 620–21
freehold, right of, 218–22, 220n.1, 222n.3
Freeland, Ammidown v., 167, 852–53
Freeman, Isaac, 52–53, 261, 266
See also Dunn v. Scollay
French and Indian War (1763–1764), 459
Frobisher, William. See Baker v. Frobisher
Fuller & Clark case, 273
Gardiner v. Purrington, 212–17, 216–17nn.2–4, 831–32
Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc., 48, 48n.41, 51, 51–52n.62
gavelkind lands, 235, 239, 241
See also partibility
Gay, Dom. Rex v. See Dom. Rex v. Gay
Gay, Goodspeed v., 301
General Session of the Peace, 44
gentlemen by curtesy vs. reputation, 570–73
George III, king of Great Britain and Ireland, 311
Gilbert v. Witty, 382–83
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 48n.41
Gleason, Ezra, 561
Gleason, Malcolm v., 590–91, 841
Glover v. Le Testue, 500–501, 546n, 547, 548n, 549
Golding, Fay v., 342n.1, 343
Goldman v. U.S., 851
Goldthwait, Ezekiel, 155
Goodspeed v. Gay, 301
Gordon, Ruddock v. See Ruddock v. Gordon
Gould v. Stevens, 152–54, 829
grand juries
grand jurors exempted from trial jury duty, 716–18
high court judges assisted by, 329, 331
offenses presented by, 328–30, 333
prison inspections by, 331
secrecy by, 331, 333
as tools of the state vs. defenders of the innocent, 331
vs. trial juries, 329
Grand Jury Charge No. 1 (Hutchinson), 328–39
on forgery of negotiable notes, 333, 337
on highway robbery, 336–37
on informers, 338
on Pope Day, 333–34, 334nn.2–3, 336, 336n
on presenting offences, 328–30, 333
on prison conditions, 330, 332–33
on secrecy, 331, 338
summary of, 836
Grand Jury Charge No. 2 (Hutchinson), 458–65
on riots, 462
on secrecy, 465
and the Stamp Act Riots, 459
summary of, 838
on trials for life based on information, 459, 464
Grand Jury Charge No. 3 (Hutchinson), 530–31, 530n, 532–33n
Grand Jury Charge No. 4 (Hutchinson), 534–42
on capital offences, 539
on invading private rights, 535–36
summary of, 839–40
on suppressing disorder, 536n
on theft-bote, 541
on trade restraints, 537
Grand Jury Charge No. 5 (Hutchinson), 562–69, 840
Grand Jury Charge No. 6 (Hutchinson), 578–87
Grand Jury Charge No. 7 (Hutchinson), 610–33
on common law, 610
on the judicial laws of Moses, 611–12
on libel, 611, 613, 615, 617–22, 617n
on the oath of grand jurors, 624, 624n.9
on riots, 616–17
summary of, 842
Grand Jury Charge No. 8 (Hutchinson), 666–70, 672–73
Grand Jury Charge No. 9 (Hutchinson)
on executing the law vs. judging/questioning it, 676–78
on false swearing, 677, 682–83
on high treason, 678
on the history of the grand jury, 679, 684–85
on natural rights, 674–76
on society’s ends, 676
Grand Jury Charge No. 10 (Lynde), 675, 688–91, 843–44
Grant, The King v., 704–5, 844
Gray, Horace, Jr.
background and legal training of, 859
on JQ’s notes in Blackstone’s Commentaries, 463
legal career of, 6n.6, 197, 849–50, 859–60, 863, 870
role in publication of the Reports, 6n.6, 8, 18, 850, 860–69, 862n.17, 865–66n.27, 870n.40
Great Seal, 519–20
Greenleaf, Barnes v., 174–77, 174n, 830
Greenville, Sir George, 459, 461
Gridley, Benjamin
biography of, 156, 881–82
as a lawyer, 156
prominence of, 63–64n.130
as a Tory, 64n.130, 65, 69
Gridley, Jeremy, 155
biography of, 875–76
cases (see also Allison v. Cockran; Dudley v. Dudley; Pateshall v. Apthorp & Wheelwright; Paxton’s Case of the Writ of Assistance; Scollay v. Dunn)
Apthorp v. Eyres, 556–60
Bishop v. Brig Freemason, 808–18, 808nn.1–2, 810nn.2–3, 818–20n
Dunn v. Scollay, 55, 57, 478–81
Elwell v. Pierson, 178–87, 187n
Gardiner v. Purrington, 212–17, 216–17nn.2–4
Hanlon v. Thayer, 61n.122, 306–13
Lovell v. Doble, 280–85, 282nn.1–2, 284nn.2–3
Norwood v. Fairservice, 482–89, 593, 595
Poor v. Doble, 276–79, 276n, 278n
Poor v. Dougharty, 78–85, 133, 134–35
Russel v. Oakes, 188–93, 188n, 190n.1
Sayer v. Thorp, 136–39, 136nn.1–2
death/funeral of, 65, 199, 505
as a lawyer, 156
library of, 259
Memorial of Boston advocated by (see Memorial of Boston)
as a moderate, 505
popularity/prominence of, 63n.130, 213, 505
portrait of, x
on the Stamp Act, 68–69, 426n.21
Gridley v. Balston, 224–27, 224nn.1–2, 832
grist mill, 725
Grundmann, Otto, xvi
Guantanamo Bay detentions, 333, 335
guardians’ fiduciary obligations to minors, 230–33, 230n, 232n
Gun Powder Plot anniversary (Pope Day), 333–34, 334nn.2–3, 336, 336n
Habeas corpus, 704–5
Haffard, Adams v., 278n
Hale, Sir Matthew: History of the Common Law, 15
Hall, Hugh. See Wiswall v. Hall
Hall, Pinkney v., 467–68
Hall, Wiswall v., 132–35, 132nn.2–3, 828
Hallowell v. Dalton, 150–51, 150n, 829
Hall v. Richardson, 712–13, 712n, 845
Hammond, Rochester Proprietors v., 400–405, 836–37
Hancock, John, 815
Hanlon v. Thayer (naked wife case), 61–62, 61–62nn.122–123, 306–13, 306nn.1–2, 308nn.2–3, 310n.3, 310n.5, 312–13nn.6–7, 835
Hardwicke, Phlip Yorke, 1st earl of, 300n, 762, 764–65
Harrison v. Owen, 762
Harvard Law School, 149
Harvey, Chamberlain v., 298n, 300n
Hasey, Watts v. See Watts v. Hasey
Haskett v. Strong, 757–58
Hawkins, William: Pleas of the Crown, 291, 295, 315, 409
Hawley, Joseph
biography of, 877–78
as a lawyer, 156
as a patriot, 64n.130
prominence of, 63n.130, 65
Hawley, Major, 625n
See also Berkshire Affair
Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter, 681
Hearn v. Allen, 353, 355, 358, 358n
Henderson, Banister v. See Banister v. Henderson
Henry, Harris and M.: Maryland Reports, 36n
highway robbery, 336–37
highways, mending of, 291
Hill, Ratner v., 97, 855
Hill, Samuel, 884
Hill, Symes v. See Symes v. Hill
historical sources, 35, 35n.1
History of the Common Law (Hale), 15
Hobart, Flagg v. See Flagg v. Hobart
Hobbes, Thomas, 675
Holbrook v. Bliss, 852, 859, 870–71, 871n.45
Holdin, Little v., 738–41, 846
Holmer v. Hunt, 97, 853
Holmes, Whitney v., 222n.3
Holmes v. Meynill, 383
Holt, Sir John, 45n.28, 198n, 201, 216n.2, 298n, 300n
in Buller v. Crips, 641
on Hearn v. Allen, 353, 355, 358, 358n
on “necessary,” meaning of, 307, 309–10
stature of, 353
Homans, Newman v. See Newman v. Homans
Hooton v. Grout, 43n.21, 424n.16, 702n, 750–78
authorities cited, 751, 753–54, 757, 759–65
date on the record, 755
on deeds and the passing of land, 771
on an estate in the land and money due upon the land, 761–64
on heirs of the mortgagee, 758–59, 761, 770–71
on land attached to satisfy debts, 775–78
on mortgage of land as a chattel real, 768–69
overview and brief description, 750–52, 750n, 752n, 754
on the right of redemption, 772–75, 777
summary of, 847
and Symes v. Hill, 751, 778–79n
on a tenant in fee simple of land, 772
on third mortgages, 758
Hopkins, Mr., 36–37n.3
Hopkinson, Francis, 46
Judgments in Admiralty in Pennsylvania, 36n
Horace, 73
Horne v. Boosey, 813
Horwitz, Morton: The Transformation of American Laws, 54, 58
hostages and reasonable custom, 52–57, 52n.64, 53nn.67–68, 57n.95
See also Dunn v. Scollay; Scollay v. Dunn
House of Representatives, 668, 670
Hovey, James, 156, 879
Howe, Kincaid v., 100n.1, 101
Huggins, Rex v., 332n
Hunt, Holmer v., 97, 853
Hunting v. Safford, 854
Hurd, Nathaniel, 671
Hutchinson, Anne, 681
Hutchinson, Foster, 155, 424n.12, 716–18
Hutchinson, Thomas, vii
address to the bar (1765), 502
address to the court after house destroyed, 452, 454–56
appointment to Superior Court, 885
on barristers’ attire, 157, 689
biography of, 887
Boston Gazette’s attack on, 563, 565, 579–81, 611, 613, 626–32n, 677
caricature of, 561
cases (see also Allison v. Cockran; Baker v. Mattocks; Banister v. Henderson; Oliver v. Sale; Scollay v. Dunn; Suffolk Grand Jury, Hutchinson’s charge to)
Angier v. Jackson, 49, 49n.46, 270–74, 272nn.3–4
Apthorp v. Eyres, 556–60
Ballard v. McLean, 320–23
Bromfield v. Little, 58, 324–27
Carpenter v. Fairservice, 51, 574–77, 576n, 595
Derumple v. Clark, 164–70, 166n
Dudley v. Dudley, 63n.129
Dunn v. Scollay, 56–57, 478–81
Gardiner v. Purrington, 212–17, 216–17nn.2–4
Hanlon v. Thayer, 61–62, 62n.123, 306–13
Norwood v. Fairservice, 50n.52, 482–89, 593, 595
Paxton’s Case, xiv–xv
Poor v. Doble, 276–79, 276n, 278n
Poor v. Dougharty, 78–85, 133, 134–35
Rex v. Mayor, Citizens and Common Council of London, 162
Rochester Proprietors v. Hammond, 400–405
Rogers v. Kenwrick, 218–22, 220n.1, 222n.3
Russel v. Oakes, 188–93, 188n, 190n.1
Wrentham Proprietors v. Metcalf, 158–62, 158n, 177
Zuill v. Bradley, 98–101
on cohesion of the bar, 425
death of, 681
dissent by, 823 (table)
exile of, 681
on government’s ends, 566
Grand Jury charges by (see entries beginning with Grand Jury Charge)
as an historian, 667
house before its destruction, 457
house destroyed by Boston mob, 43–44, 65–66, 67–68, 423, 446–51, 449
leaves town over Stamp Act crisis, 530, 530–31n
as Lieutenant Governor, 579, 611, 625n, 669, 677
portraits of, 453
prominence of, 64n.130
resignation of, 886
rumors of Royal Commission of, 669, 672
on slaves/slavery, 143, 144n, 145
on the Stamp Act, 67–68
on the unity of the bar, 71
hypothecation, 53–54, 53n.72, 55, 252, 259, 261
Illinois v. Krull, 37n.3, 203, 852
importation, 817
See also Bishop v. Brig Freemason
inalienable rights, 243
indebitatus assumpsit
on an adjusted account, 660–63
vs. debt, 211
and jointly liable defendants, 550–54
vs. quantum meruit, 496–501, 544–49, 546n, 548n
reasonable custom re, 57–58, 57n.100, 94–95, 94n.1, 97 (see also Bromfield v. Little)
and the tax collector’s authority, 208–9
and waiving a tort, 606–9
See also Norwood v. Fairservice
Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 44, 659, 797, 801
informers/spies, 331, 338, 338–39n
infra corpus comitatus, 278n, 279
Ingraham, Millwood v., 661–62
Ingraham v. Cook, 90–91, 90n, 93, 827
inheritance, 124–25
See also Baker v. Mattocks; Dudley v. Dudley; male entail; primogeniture
Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail v. Eisenstadt, 333, 335
“innocent until proved guilty” concept, 71n.157, 332, 333
in rem vs. in personam jurisdiction, 256n, 258n.2
insimul computassent, 466–77, 661–63, 662n.3
See also action of account
Institutes (Justinian), 507, 509
interest rates on English bonds, 104–5, 104n, 827
Isaac Royall House (Medford, Mass.), 149
Jackson, Angier v. See Angier v. Jackson
Jackson v. Foye, 128–31, 131n, 164, 165, 828
jail conditions, 333, 335
See also prison conditions
James v. Lechmere, 142n
Jarman, T.: Treatise on Wills, 182–83
Jefferies v. Austin, 603
Jefferson, Thomas
on colonial judges, 42n.21
law reports of, 36–37n.3
library of, 507
Reports, 36–37n.3
Reports of Cases Determined in the General Court of Virginia, 46
Jethro Boston’s Case, 142n
Johnson v. Shippin, 250
John W. Cartwright’s Case, 853
Jones, John: Works, 513
Jones v. Belcher, 104–5, 104n, 827
Josiah Quincy, Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy Jun. of Massachusetts (J. Quincy, III), 39n.7, 40n.14
Joslyn, Clap v., 322n
judges
appointment/removal of, 667–68, 668n.2, 670
corrupt, 585–86
dissent by, 823 (table)
vs. legislators, 563, 566, 579–80, 580n.1, 582–83
professionalism of, 42–43n.21
prominent, 63–65, 63–64n.130 (see also individual judges)
testimony by, 83, 85
Judgments in Admiralty in Pennsylvania (Hopkinson), 36n
judicial oath, 513, 624, 624n.9, 669
juries
allowance for being sequestered, 803–4, 806
constitutional right to jury trial, 51
control of, 48–51, 48n.41, 49n.44, 49n.46, 50nn.49–50, 50n.52, 51n.55, 51–52n.62, 54–55
damages awarded by, 600–603, 602n, 605
power of, 54–55 (see also Angier v. Jackson)
jury nullification, 677
justices in eyre (assize justices), 329, 331
Justices of the Peace, 801
justification, opening and closing regarding, 720–24, 722nn.1–2, 724n
Justinian: Institutes, 507, 509
Jutsham, Samuel. See Poor v. Doble
Kelynge’s Report of divers Case in Pleas of the Crown, 409
Kent, Benjamin
biography of, 876
cases
Dom. Rex v. Pourksdorff, 314–18
Gardiner v. Purrington, 212–17, 216–17nn.2–4
Hallowell v. Dalton, 150–51, 150n
Russel v. Oakes, 188–93, 188n, 190n.1
Watts v. Hasey, 492–95
as a lawyer, 156
See also Dudley v. Dudley
Kenwrick, Jonathan, 218–22, 220n.1
Kenwrick, Rogers v. See Rogers v. Kenwrick
Kincaid v. Howe, 100n.1, 101
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 10
King’s Dominions (four Seas) rule, 409
Kirby, Ephraim, 46
Connecticut Reports, 36n
Knodle, Margaret, 62
Krull, Illinois v., 37n.3, 203, 852
land
anonymous case of land attached for debts
on notice of land ownership, 787
boundary lines settled by arbitration, 218–22, 220n.1, 222n.3
evidence of title to, 212–17, 216–17nn.2–4
passage of title, 783 (see also anonymous case of land attached for debts)
Latitat, 411
law
American vs. English, 41–43, 42–43n.21
areas represented, 824
conception vs. instrumental perception of, 54
customary (see reasonable custom)
as fixed, 582
as the king’s inheritance, 523n
natural, 334–35, 675
as never requiring impossibilities, 509, 523
purpose of, 522
reason as spirit of, 73
of the sea, 53–54 (see also vessels)
strict enforcement of technical rules vs. rough justice, 134–35
See also common law; rule of law
Law Commonplace (JQ), 37, 37n.3, 42, 45, 271, 273, 351
Lawes and Libertyes, 41
law libraries, colonial, 267
The Law of Bills of Exchange (Cunningham), 604
Law Reports (JQ)
annotations to, 45, 45n.28
as an authority, 37n.3
authority of, 850
cases citing to, 849–72
Court of Military Appeals cases, 857
Federal Appeals Court cases, 856
Federal District Court cases, 856–57
from other states, 856
Supreme Court cases, 849, 851–52
Supreme Judicial Court cases, 849, 852–55
Supreme Judicial Court phantom references, 858–72 (see also specific cases)
colonial life preserved in, 47, 47n.36 (see also specific subjects)
on constitutional controversies, 48–51, 48n.41
as earliest American law reports, 36, 36–37n.3, 41
importance/influence of, 46, 47, 52n.62
JQ begins writing, 39, 39n.8
JQ on, 8
judges/lawyers prominent in, 63–65, 63–64n.130 (see also individual judges and lawyers)
and the Law Commonplace, 271, 273
organization of, 17–18
presentation copy of 1865 (to Winthrop), 11–12
preservation/transcription of, 5, 6, 6n.6, 8, 18
and professionalism of bar/bench, 43n.21, 66–67
publication of, 8, 46, 46n.33, 871 (see also under Gray, Horace, Jr.)
quotations in, 72–73
scope of, 43–44
title page, 34
Laws and Orders (General Court), 41
Laws of Evidence by a Late Learned Judge, 315
lawyers
active/prominent, 63–65, 63–64n.130, 156–57, 874 (see also individual lawyers)
barristers’ attire, 156–57, 156n, 689, 691, 874n.2
barristers vs. attorneys, 689
cohesiveness of the bar, 66, 71, 424–26, 503
Lechmere, James v., 142n
Le Testue, Glover v. See Glover v. Le Testue
Levari Facias, 636, 638, 642, 647
lex cogit ad impossibilia, 509, 523
Leyfield’s Case, 608n
See also Bishop v. Brig Freemason
licensed houses, multiplication of, 333
Lilly’s Collection of Modern Entries, 557
Lincoln, Abraham, 509
Lincoln, Denny v., 176n
Lisle, Armstrong v., 196n.8, 198n
Lisle, Pearne v., 300n
Little, Bromfield v. See Bromfield v. Little
Locke, John, 675
Two Treatises on Government, 509
Lombard, Winsor v., 86n.2, 88
Lonberger, Marshall v., 289
London Journal (JQ), 74n.163
Lord Raymond’s Reports, 88
Lovejoy, Bromfield v., 570–73, 841
Lovell v. Doble, 280–85, 282nn.1–2, 284nn.2–3, 834
See also Poor v. Doble
Lowell, John, 860, 860n.12, 864
Loyalist Corps, 65
loyalists. See Tories/loyalists
Lynde, Benjamin, Jr., 42–43n.21, 49n.46
appointment to Superior Court, 885
biography of, 886
cases (see also Baker v. Mattocks; Banister v. Henderson; Boston Massacre Trial; Pateshall v. Apthorp & Wheelwright; Scollay v. Dunn)
Apthorp v. Eyres, 556–60
Ballard v. McLean, 320–23
Carpenter v. Fairservice, 51, 51n.57, 574–77, 576n, 595
Derumple v. Clark, 164–70, 166n
Dunn v. Scollay, 56, 478–81
Norwood v. Fairservice, 50n.52, 482–89, 593, 595
Poor v. Dougharty, 78–85, 133, 134–35
Symes v. Hill, 692–702
Wrentham Proprietors v. Metcalf, 158–62, 158n, 177
dissent by, 823 (table)
Grand Jury Charge No. 10, 675, 688–91, 843–44
portrait of, 263
prominence of, 64n.130
Lynde, Benjamin, Sr., 263
Magna Carta, 69, 203, 514–15, 519–20
Malcolm v. Gleason, 590–91, 841
male entail
banning/suppression of, 111, 114, 119–21, 243, 357, 367, 379
vs. fee simple, 178–87, 187n, 241, 243
male social dominance via, 235, 363
vs. partibility, 62–63, 63n.129, 114
See also Baker v. Mattocks; Banister v. Henderson; Dudley v. Dudley
Mangent, Dom. Rex v., 406–11, 408n, 837
Mansfield, Sir William Murray, Lord, 57n.95, 300n, 301, 302n, 327, 469, 641, 761, 763–64
Margarett v. Muzzy, 142n, 144n
marriage
bigamous, 359
cohabitation as evidence of, 348n.3, 351–52, 354
out-of-town certificates as proof of, 407–8, 411
See also under Banister v. Henderson
Marshall, John, 509
Marshall, Thurgood, 203
Marshall v. Lonberger, 289, 852
Marston, James Brown, 681
Martyn & Mawlin Case, 759–61, 763
Maryland Reports (H and M. Henry), 36n
Massachusetts
Anglicization of legal system in, 54–55
estates in, vs. England, 239, 241
judges/lawyers in, 42, 42n.20, 63–65, 63–64n.130, 667 (see also individual judges and lawyers)
judicial system’s authority to spend public money for its expenses, 801–6
judicial system’s local roots, 667
legal publishing in, 41–43 (see also Law Reports)
primogeniture abolished in, 235, 236n.2 (see also male entail)
professionalism of bar/bench in, 42–43n.21, 66–67
slavery in, 140n.2, 142n, 144n, 145, 301 (see also Oliver v. Sale)
Massachusetts Gazette, 40, 40n.14, 711
Massachusetts Grand Jury, 329
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 5
Mattocks, Baker v. See Baker v. Mattocks
Maverick, Samuel, 799
See also Boston Massacre Trial
maxims, 507, 509, 514, 517, 523, 563, 566
Mayhew, Bassett v., 293–94, 294n.6
Mayor, Citizens and Common Council of London, Rex v., 162
McEvoy, Arthur F., 48
McLean, Ballard v., 320–23, 322n
Means v. Welles, 348n.3
Meir and Fleming, 516
Melcher, Blunt v., 232n
Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy Jun. of Massachusetts. See Josiah Quincy, Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy Jun. of Massachusetts
Memorial of Boston
authorities cited in, 505, 507, 513–15, 519–20
Bernard’s description of, 525–27n
Chamber Council’s decision/resolutions on, 513, 524–28n
on the closing of courts, 504–5, 509, 512–13, 518–19, 522–23, 526n
on criminal vs. private law, 521–22
on insurrections/war, 517–18
on the invalidity of the Stamp Act, 514–15, 515n, 517
maxims used in, 507, 509, 514, 517, 523
Otis, Adams, and Gridley hired to advocate for, 504–6
on repeal of unpopular acts, 513, 519
sophistication of legal research in, 509
summary of, 839
town meeting on, 523–25n.3
merchants’ customs, 41n.19
Merrick v. Betts, 59–60, 59–60n.111, 855
Metcalf, Jonathan, 158–62, 158n
Metcalf, Theron, 858, 861–62, 861n.15, 864, 871n.45
Metcalf, Wrentham Proprietors v. See Wrentham Proprietors v. Metcalf
Meyler, Bernadette, 52n.62
Meynill, Holmes v., 383
Miller, Arthur R., 48
Millwood v. Ingraham, 661–62
Minot v. Prout, 106–9, 108n.2, 828
Molloy, Charles: De Jure Maritimo et Navali, 254, 259, 267, 479, 509
money paid under legal process as unrecoverable, 423, 742–47, 744nn
Monthly Law Reporter, 860–61, 863n.18, 864–66
moot court, 499
Morris, Richard, 245
Morse v. Jewett, 722n.2
mortgages
attachment of mortgaged land, 692–702, 702n
bonds secured by, 106–9, 108n.2, 828
definition of, 754
interest on, 97, 855
judgments on, 492–95
second and third, 193, 758
See also Hooton v. Grout
Moses, Walrond v. Van, 216n.2
“Moses his Judicialls” (Cotton), 611
Munoz, Cortisos v., 321
murder
appeals of, 198n, 200n.8
of bastard children, 406–11, 408n
vs. manslaughter, 567, 579, 586
Murrin, John, 54–55, 58
Muzzy, Margarett v., 142n, 144n
nailers, 102–3
“Naked Wife Case.” See Hanlon v. Thayer
natural law, 334–35, 675
natural right of descent, 237, 238, 240, 243
Navigation Acts (1675), 809, 813, 815
“necessary,” meaning of, 308–10, 313, 313n
See also Hanlon v. Thayer
negative pregnant, 107–9
negotiable instruments
commercial papers, 188–93, 188n, 190n.1
endorsement of, 590–91, 600–603, 605
Nelson, Samuel, 267
Nelson, William E., 54–55, 58
nemo tenetur ad impossibilia, 509
New Courthouse, 681
new historicists, 35, 35n.1
A New Institute for the Imperial on Civil Law (Wood), 351
Newman v. Homans, 94–95, 94n.1, 97, 827
Newport v. Billing, 142n
New Whigs, 461
Nightingale, Curtis v. See Curtis v. Nightingale
nil capiat per breve, 708n.2
Nineteenth Regiment, 9, 9n.11
Noble v. Smith, 600–603, 605, 842
Nolin v. Pearson, 854
Northington, Lord C. J., 302n
Norwood v. Fairservice, 49–50, 49–50nn.48–50, 50n.52, 51n.57, 482–89, 577, 593, 595, 838
notes
alteration of, 51, 51n.55, 574–77, 576n, 595, 841
assumpsit on, 340–43, 342nn.1–2, 574–77, 576n
endorsement of, 728–29
false endorsement of, 706–9
forgery of negotiable, 333, 337
promissory, as evidence, 600–603, 605
Oakes, Russel v. See Russel v. Oakes
oath, judicial, 513, 624, 624n.9, 669
O’Brian, Patrick, 279
“Observations on the act of Parliament, commonly called ‘The Boston Port Bill’”, 40n.14
obstruction of justice, 734–37
O’Coin’s Inc v. Treasurer of Worcester County, 855
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 37n.3, 203, 425
“Old Bailey” (Rowlandson), 319
Old State House (Boston), vi, xiv–xv, 310, 671, 681, 884, 932–33
Oliver, Andrew, 677, 679, 683–84n
Oliver, Peter, 49n.46
appointment to Superior Court, 885
biography of, 887
cases (see also Allison v. Cockran; Baker v. Mattocks; Banister v. Henderson)
Apthorp v. Eyres, 556–60
Ballard v. McLean, 320–23
Bromfield v. Little, 58, 324–27
Carpenter v. Fairservice, 51, 51n.57, 574–77, 576n, 595
Derumple v. Clark, 164–70, 166n
Dunn v. Scollay, 56, 478–81
Hanlon v. Thayer, 62n.123
Norwood v. Fairservice, 50n.52, 482–89, 593, 595
Poor v. Dougharty, 78–85, 133, 134–35
Rogers v. Kenwrick, 218–22, 220n.1, 222n.3
Symes v. Hill, 692–702
Wrentham Proprietors v. Metcalf, 158–62, 158n, 177
dissent by, 823 (table)
exile of, 715
impeachment of, 719
portrait of, 719
prominence of, 64n.130
as a Tory, 237, 423, 423n.9, 424n.12
Oliver v. Sale, 59–60, 59–60n.111, 86n.2, 88–89, 301
arguments, 142, 144, 146, 148
authorities cited, 143, 145
citations to, 145
and depositions vs. testimony, 146, 146n.5
and free blacks vs. whites, 145, 147
judgment, 148
overview and brief description, 140–41, 140nn.1–2
professionals involved, 143
record, 141–43
slavery in Massachusetts, 140n.2, 142n, 144n, 145
summary of, 829
witnesses, 141, 146, 146n.4
originalists, 52n.62
Ory, Samuel, 799
See also Boston Massacre Trial
Osgood, Russell, 421–22
Otis, James, Jr.
biography of, 877
cases (see also Allison v. Cockran; Banister v. Henderson; Dudley v. Dudley; Oliver v. Sale; Paxton’s Case of the Writ of Assistance; Scollay v. Dunn)
Box v. Welch, 550–54
Bromfield v. Lovejoy, 570–73
Dom. Rex v. Gay, 290–94, 290n, 292n.5, 294nn.5–6
Draper v. Bicknell, 412–17, 412nn.1–2, 414n, 416–17n
Hanlon v. Thayer, 306–13
Jackson v. Foye, 128–31, 164, 165
Lovell v. Doble, 280–85, 282nn.1–2, 284nn.2–3
Poor v. Dougharty, 78–85, 133, 134–35
Rochester Proprietors v. Hammond, 400–405
Rogers v. Kenwrick, 218–22, 220n.1, 222n.3
as a lawyer, 156
legal credentials of, 509
Memorial of Boston advocated by (see Memorial of Boston)
mental derangement of, 344n
as a patriot, 64n.130, 69, 237, 505
portraits of, 207, 310, 516
prominence of, 63n.130, 65
on the rule of law, 68–70
on the Stamp Act, 426n.21
at the Stamp Act Congress, 503
vs. Thacher, 291
will of, 344n
Otis, James, Sr.
biography of, 875
as a lawyer, 156, 157
Overseers of the Poor, 61, 228–29, 228n, 607, 832
Owen, Harrison v., 762
ownership without possession, 139
Paine, Robert Treat, 39, 64–65, 71, 155
biography of, 880
career of, 156, 223
cases
Rochester Proprietors v. Hammond, 400–405
Rogers v. Kenwrick, 218–22, 220n.1, 222n.3
portrait of, 223
as special prosecutor in Boston Massacre Trial, 799
Parish v. Stone, 602n
Parker v. Willard, 706–9, 708nn.1–2, 710n, 844–45
Parliament, checks on power of, 514
parol evidence, 132–35, 132nn.2–3, 133, 828
partibility vs. male entail, 62–63, 63n.129, 114
Pateshall v. Apthorp & Wheelwright, 466–77
vs. Apthorp v. Shepard, 662n.3, 663
authorities cited, 467–69
on discharging a note, 472–76
overview and brief description, 466–67
professionals involved, 467
summary of, 838
Wheelwright’s bankruptcy, 469–71
patriots
prominent, 64n.130, 65
risks to, 65, 65n.140
See also Tories/loyalists
Paxton’s Case of the Writ of Assistance, xiv–xv, 66, 192n.3, 200n.8, 202n.15, 204nn.17–18, 204nn.20–21, 206n.27
arguments, 194, 196, 198, 200, 202, 204
authorities cited, 201, 202
citations to, 201, 203
judgment, 206
note, 203–5
overview and brief description, 194, 196–99
professionals involved, 199–201
record, 199
summary of, 831
peace, meanings of, 567
Pearne v. Lisle, 300n
Peggy (Brigantine), 52–53, 52n.64, 261
See also Dunn v. Scollay; Scollay v. Dunn
Perkins, Dodge v., 94n.2, 95, 97
Petition of the Jurors in the Trials of Captain Preston and the British Soldiers, 798–806, 800n, 802n, 807, 847–48
See also Boston Massacre Trial
“‘Phantom’” References to Quincy’s Reports in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Reports” (M. Sullivan), 858–72
See also specific cases
Philanthrop, 589n
Pierson, Elwell v. See Elwell v. Pierson
Pinkney v. Hall, 467–68
Pitt, William (elder), 461
Pitts, James. See Wiswall v. Hall
A Plan For the Study of Feudal and English Laws in the University of Dublin (F. S. Sullivan), 361, 363
Pleas of the Crown (Hawkins), 291, 295, 315, 409
Political Commonplace (JQ), 37, 45, 447
Pompey (sloop). See Poor v. Doble
the poor, support for. See Overseers of the Poor
Poor v. Doble, 276–79, 276n, 278n, 833–34
See also Lovell v. Doble
Poor v. Dougharty, 78–85, 80nn.1–2, 82nn.2–4, 84, 133, 134–35, 826
popular sovereignty vs. natural law, 675
Port Hudson and Its Defences, 7
Pourksdorff, Dom. Rex v. See Dom. Rex v. Pourksdorff
Pownall, John, 811
Practice Act (1852), 100n.1, 101
Prat, Benjamin, 157
Pratt v. Bates, 854
precedent
English, errors regarding, 353, 355, 369
in Roman law, 361
Superior Court of Judicature’s precedential authority, 425
Preston, Captain, 9n.11, 66, 70–71n.157
See also Boston Massacre Trial; Petition of the Jurors in the Trials of Captain Preston and the British Soldiers
Pride and Prejudice (Austen), 63n.129
primogeniture, 63n.129, 115, 235, 236n.2, 241
See also male entail
prison conditions, 330, 332–33, 332n
prisoners moved between jails, 704–5
probable cause, 329
prohibition, writ of, 247–48, 248n, 250n, 255–57, 259, 261–62, 266
Prohibitions Del Roy case, 70n.155
property rights, 139
See also chattels real; land; male entail
Prosperous (sloop), 136n.1, 137
prostitution, 289
See also Dom. Rex v. Doaks
Prout, Minot v., 106–9, 108n.2, 828
Province Law (1699), 269
Province Laws 8 William III (Act to Prevent the Destroying and Murdering of Bastard Children, 1696), 407, 410
Provincial Charter (1691). See Second Charter
Provincial Laws, 41, 41n.19
Puritan punishments, 613
Purrington, Gardiner v. See Gardiner v. Purrington
Putnam, James, 156, 877
Pynchon, Executor v. Brewster, 499–501, 543, 544–49, 548n, 840
Pynchon, William, 156, 880–81
Quakers, 350
Quamdiu vs. durante bene placito tenure, 667, 669
quantum meruit, 496–501, 544–49, 546n, 548n
quasi-contracts, 499–500, 547, 549
Quincy, Abigail (JQ’s wife), 40, 75n.165
Quincy, Eliza Susan (JQ’s granddaughter), 599
Quincy, Josiah, III (“Josiah the President”; JQ’s son), xvi, 6, 6n.5, 38–39n.7, 75n.165
death of, 870
Josiah Quincy, Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy Jun. of Massachusetts, 39n.7, 40n.14
on JQ’s legal career, 42n.20
Quincy, Josiah, Jr. (“Josiah the Patriot”)
biography of (see Josiah Quincy, Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy Jun. of Massachusetts)
birth/background of, 38–39
Boston Massacre soldiers represented by, 8–10, 9n.11, 10n.13, 70, 70–71n.157
brilliance of, 10, 38, 40–41, 45, 351, 371
cases
Flagg v. Hobart, 720–24, 722nn.1–2, 724n
Parker v. Willard, 706–9, 708nn.1–2, 710n
on Richard Dana’s administering oath of resignation to Andrew Oliver, 677, 679, 683–84n
death of, 40, 74–75n.165
on the destruction of Hutchinson’s house, 446–51, 449, 503
illness of, 39n.7, 40, 41
as a lawyer, 17, 40, 42n.20, 64n.130, 155, 157, 351, 689, 691, 709
legal credentials of, 509
liberal politics of, 447
library of, 509, 888 (see also “Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Estate of Josiah Quincy Junr. Esq: Deceas’d”)
as a patriot, 17, 45
pen names of, 40
portrait of, xvi, 39n.7
on professionalism, 43n.21
professionalism of, 70–71n.157
prominence of, 63–64n.130, 65
relationship with Samuel, 718n
secret London trip to avert war, 74, 74–75nn.163–165
on the Stamp Act, 503
Tories attacked by, 40
on Trowbridge, 643
on Wiswall v. Hall, 133
—writings, 40, 40n.14
Law Commonplace, 37, 37n.3, 42, 45, 271, 273, 351
London Journal, 74n.163
“Observations on the act of Parliament, commonly called ‘The Boston Port Bill’”, 40n.14
Political Commonplace, 37, 45, 447
Southern Journal, 6, 37–38
see also Law Reports
Quincy, Josiah, Sr. (“Josiah the Colonel”; JQ’s father), 8–9, 38, 70n.157
Quincy, Samuel (JQ’s brother)
biography of, 882
Boston Massacre soldiers prosecuted by, 71, 799
on Carpenter v. Fairservice, 51n.55, 574–77, 576n
cases
Reed’s Case, 716–18
Tyler v. Richards, 496–501
JQ’s relationship with, 718n
as a lawyer, 155, 156, 156n, 497
prominence of, 63n.130
as Solicitor General, 601, 664n, 665, 716n, 717, 718n
as a Tory, 64n.130, 65, 497, 601, 717, 718n
Quincy, Samuel Miller (JQ’s great-grandson), xv–xvi
on caveat emptor, 88–89
on Commonwealth v. Wingate, 83
military career of, 5–6, 5–6nn.3–4, 7, 141, 301, 863, 865–66, 868–69
as Monthly Law Reporter co-editor, 860–61
Preface to the Reports, 17–18, 869
on Samuel Quincy’s appointment as Solicitor General, 665
Reports transcribed/published by, 6, 6n.6, 8, 46, 871
return to civilian life, 871
Quincy’s Reports. See Law Reports
See also slaves
Randolph, Sir John, 36–37n.3
ransom, 53, 53n.67, 57n.95
See also Dunn v. Scollay; Scollay v. Dunn
Ratner v. Hill, 97, 855
Raymond’s Reports, 315, 317
Read, John, 347, 395–97n
Read, William, 156, 881
reasonable custom
re hostages, 52–57, 52n.64, 53nn.67–68, 57n.95
re indebitatus assumpsit, 57–58, 57n.100, 94–95, 94n.1, 97 (see also Bromfield v. Little)
Reed’s Case, 716–18, 845
Reexamination Clause (Seventh Amendment), 48, 48n.41, 273–74
remaindermen, 243
replevin, 143, 145, 148
reporter, first official, 421n.2
Reports (JQ). See Law Reports
Reports of Cases Determined in the General Court of Virginia (Jefferson), 46
Reports of Cases Ruled and Adjudged in Several Courts (Dallas), 36n, 46
rescue, conspiracy to, 276–79, 276n, 278n
Restatement of the Law of Mortgages, 193
Revere, Paul: Boston Massacre engraving, 681, frontispiece (Vol. V)
reversioners, 243
review, writ of, 320–23, 322n
Revolutionary Acts (1775), 423
Rex v. Doaks. See Dom. Rex v. Doaks
Rex v. Huggins, 332n
Rex v. Mayor, Citizens and Common Council of London, 162
Reynolds, Astley v., 607
Richards, Dunten v. See Dunten v. Richards
Richards, Tyler v. See Tyler v. Richards
Richards, Webber v., 732n.5
Richardson, Fowle v., 781, 783, 846
Richardson, Hall v., 712–13, 712n, 845
Richmond v. Davis, 424n.16, 634–58, 753
authorities cited, 637
on Capias ad Satisfaciendum, 636, 638, 646, 648–49
custom vs. positive law in, 641
on deputies in place of sheriffs, 655–57
on Elegit, 636, 638, 642, 646, 651n, 653
on Fieri Facias, 636, 638, 642, 647, 651n
on goods, chattels, or lands in place of money, to pay a debt, 650–54, 651n, 657n.4
judgment/opinions, 657–58, 657n.3
on Levari Facias, 636, 638, 642, 647
overview and brief description, 634–36, 634n
summary of, 842–43
on “to the acceptance of the creditor” inserted into the writ, 644
Trowbridge’s legal authority in, 639, 641
Ricord v. Bettenham, 57n.95
Rider v. Robbins, 596n
Ritz, Wilfred J., 36n
Robbins, Rider v., 596n
Rochester Proprietors v. Hammond, 400–405, 836–37
Rockingham, Lord, 461
Rogers, James, 193
Rogers, Jeremiah Dummer, 706–9
Rogers v. Kenwrick, 218–22, 220n.1, 222n.3, 832, 858, 861, 864–65
Root, Jesse: Connecticut Reports, 327
Ropes, Nathaniel
appointment to Superior Court, 886
legal career of, 714–15
in Reed’s Case, 716–18
Rosenthal, Max, 420
Rowell, Wheeler v., 732n.5
Rowlandson, Thomas: “Old Bailey,” 319
Royal Coat of Arms, iv, vi, xiv
Royall, Jacob. See Wiswall v. Hall
Royall Chair (Harvard Law School), 149
Ruddock v. Gordon, 208–11, 208n, 210nn.2–3, 831
Ruggles, Timothy, 65
rule of law
and the Boston Massacre Trial, 70
devotion to, 68, 75
and the Stamp Act, 68–70
and a testator’s intent, 120–21, 122, 126
Russell, Chambers, 49n.46, 50n.52
appointment to Superior Court, 885
biography of, 887
cases, 265 (see also Baker v. Mattocks; Banister v. Henderson; Pateshall v. Apthorp & Wheelwright)
Apthorp v. Eyres, 556–60
Bishop v. Brig Freemason, 808–18, 808nn.1–2, 810nn.2–3, 818–20n
Derumple v. Clark, 164–70, 166n
Gardiner v. Purrington, 212–17, 216–17nn.2–4
Jackson v. Foye, 128–31, 164, 165
Poor v. Dougharty, 78–85, 133, 134–35
Rochester Proprietors v. Hammond, 400–405
Russel v. Oakes, 188–93, 188n, 190n.1
Wrentham Proprietors v. Metcalf, 158–62, 158n, 177
character of, 562–64
dissent by, 823 (table)
portrait of, 265
prominence of, 64n.130
as a Vice Admiralty judge, 266–67, 277
Russel v. Oakes, 188–93, 188n, 190n.1, 343, 830–31
Russ v. Alpaugh, 853
Sacheverell, Bagnal v., 548n
Sale, Oliver v. See Oliver v. Sale
Salkeld’s Reports, 409
Savage, Edward, 223
Savel’s Case, 401, 404
Sayer v. Thorp, 136–39, 136nn.1–2, 828
Sayles v. Briggs, 80n.2, 82n.2
Scalia, Antonin, 48n.41, 52n.62
The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne), 681
Scollay, John, 249
Scollay v. Dunn, 246–69
and appeal to Privy Council, 268–69
authorities cited, 254, 257–62, 258n.3, 260n, 262n, 264, 264nn.5–7, 267–68
citations to, 261
and colonial vs. admiralty jurisdiction, 266–68
and Massachusetts commercial practices, 261, 266
note, 261, 266–69
overview and brief description, 246–48, 248n, 250, 250n, 252, 254–56, 256n, 258n.2
professionals involved, 257
record, 255, 257
summary of, 833
See also Dunn v. Scollay
Scroggs, Sir William, 162, 163
Searle v. Abbe, 221, 852, 858, 861–62, 864
Seccomb, Trevelian v., 100n.1
Second Charter (Massachusetts, 1691), 41, 113, 421n.2, 747
Seventh Amendment, 48–51, 48n.41, 52n.62, 273–74
Seventy-third United States Colored Troops, 6, 301
Sewall, Jonathan
as Attorney General, 664–65
biography of, 880
cases
Dewing v. Train, 423, 742–47, 744nn
Flagg v. Hobart, 720–24, 722nn.1–2, 724n
Fowle v. Wyman, 730–33, 730nn.1–2, 732n.3, 732n.5
Parker v. Willard, 706–9
Reed’s Case, 716–18
death of, 665
in Gould v. Stevens, 152–54
as a lawyer, 156
prominence of, 63n.130
as Solicitor General, 578, 578n, 580n
as a Tory, 64n.130
Sharples, James, 420
Shaw, Lemuel, 309, 639, 867, 870n.40
Shaw, William Gould, 6n.4
Sheehan v. Superintendent of Concord Reformatory, 855
Shepard, Apthorp v. See Apthorp v. Shepard
Shippin, Johnson v., 250
Sibley, Brewer v., 322n
Siderfin’s Reports, 317
Sitwell, William, 52–53, 53n.68
See also Dunn v. Scollay; Scollay v. Dunn
Skiffington, Karen, 422nn.5–6
Slade’s Case, 96, 97, 211
slaves
in America vs. England, 60–61
in Boston, 59
as church members, 142n
convicted of theft, 144n
and depositions vs. testimony, 146, 146n.5
freedom of children of, 140n.2
JQ on, 60–61, 61n.118
marriage rights of, 59–60, 59–60n.111, 142n, 145
in the military, 142n
quarters for, 149
sale of, 59–60, 59–60n.111
trover for, 60, 60n.114 (see also Allison v. Cockran)
as witnesses, 142n
See also Oliver v. Sale
Smibert, John, x, 263
Smith, Joseph, 363
Smith, Noble v., 600–603, 605, 842
smuggling, 203, 815
social rank, 570–73
social welfare and apprenticeships, 233
Sodalitas Club, 66
Sommersett’s case, 302n
Sons of Liberty, 677, 679, 683–84n
Southern Journal (JQ), 6, 37–38
Sparker v. Spices, 273
Spencer, Thompson v., 548n
Spices, Sparker v., 273
Stamp Act (1765)
arguments about, 68–70, 461 (see also Memorial of Boston)
courts closed by, 68, 426n.21, 505
Thomas Hutchinson’s opposition to, 67–68, 503, 533n
and Pope Day, 336n
purpose/passage of, 459
repeal of, 461, 463, 531, 533n
return to order following, 563
riots over, 8n.8, 423, 426, 446–48, 459–61, 502–3 (see also Hutchinson, Thomas, house destroyed by Boston mob)
Stamper v. Stanwood, 855
state of nature, 675–76
See also natural law
Statute of Uses, 787
Stevens, Gould v., 152–54, 829
Stevens, John, 152–54
Stevens, John Paul, 51–52n.62, 203, 289
Stockwell v. U.S., 856
Stone, Parish v., 602n
Story, Joseph, 267, 509
Strafford, Earl of, 202n.16
Strange’s Reports, 321
Strong, Haskett v., 757–58
structuralists, 35
Stuart, Gilbert, xvi, 39n.7, 265
Suffolk Bar Association, 66, 689
Sullivan, Francis Stoughton: A Plan For the Study of Feudal and English Laws in the University of Dublin, 361, 363
Sullivan, Mark G., 849–50
“‘Phantom’” References to Quincy’s Reports in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Reports,” 858–72 (see also specific cases)
summons vs. attachment, 306n.2, 308n.2
Sumner, Charles, 12
Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 5
abuse vs. respect of, 584–85
appeals to, grounds for, 115
continuity of, 420, 421–23, 424n.14, 743, 745, 746n, 747, 748nn
in the Council Chamber, 310
creation of, 421n.2
independence from English law, 500–501
jurisdiction of, 44–45, 262n, 801
Law Reports cited by, 849, 852–55
Law Reports cited by (phantom references), 858–72 (see also specific cases)
and the Memorial of Boston, 504–7, 509
name changed to Supreme Judicial Court, 424
number of judges presiding on cases, 80n.1, 83
precedential authority of, 425
after the Revolution, 45, 423–24, 423n.11
salaries of justices, 668n.2
See also Law Reports
Supreme Court (U.S.)
creation of, 424
Law Reports cited by, 849, 851–52
Supreme Judicial Court cited by, 425
Surrency, Erwin, 42–43n.21
Swift, Samuel, 156, 881
Symes v. Hill, 692–702, 751, 778–79n, 844
tables of cases. See cases, tables of
Talbot, Lord, 620
Tax Act (1692), 129, 131n, 164, 165, 167, 171, 245
taxes
on rental property, 128–31, 131n, 164–70, 166n
tax collector’s power to bring actions, 208–11, 208n, 210nn.2–3
without representation, 243, 514–15 (see also Memorial of Boston; Stamp Act)
Taylor, Caesar v., 142n
textualists, 35, 35n.1
Thacher, Oxenbridge, 40
biography of, 878
cases (see also Oliver v. Sale; Paxton’s Case of the Writ of Assistance; Scollay v. Dunn)
Ballard v. McLean, 320–23
Bishop v. Brig Freemason, 808–18, 808nn.1–2, 810nn.2–3, 818–20n
Derumple v. Clark, 164–70, 166n
Dom. Rex v. Gay, 290–94, 290n, 292n.5, 294nn.5–6
Dunn v. Scollay, 56, 478–81
Elwell v. Pierson, 178–87, 187n
Gould v. Stevens, 152–54
Lovell v. Doble, 280–85, 282nn.1–2, 284nn.2–3
Minot v. Prout, 106–9
Poor v. Doble, 276–79, 276n, 278n
Poor v. Dougharty, 78–85, 133, 134–35
Zuill v. Bradley, 98–101
death of, 237
as a lawyer, 156
vs. Otis, Jr., 291
Thayer, Hanlon v. See Hanlon v. Thayer
Thomas, Clarence, 48n.41, 52n.62
Thompson v. Spencer, 548n
Thorp, Sayer v., 136–39, 136nn.1–2, 828
Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago, 581, 851
Tories/loyalists
exile of, 423
on partibility, 237
prominent, 64n.130, 65
See also patriots
Train, Dewing v. See Dewing v. Train
The Transformation of American Laws (Horwitz), 54, 58
Tranter v. Watson, 259
treason, 567
Treatise on Wills (Jarman), 182–83
trees, land ownership, 212–17, 216–17nn.2–4
Tremont Nat’l Bank, Dorr v., 721, 854
trespass, 333, 337, 726–27, 726n, 730–33, 730nn.1–2, 732n.3, 732n.5
Trevelian v. Seccomb, 100n.1
trials, new, 272–73, 272n.4
See also Angier v. Jackson
trover
for cutting down trees, 212–17, 216nn.2–3
definition of, 299
for a negro, 60, 60n.114 (see also Allison v. Cockran)
Trowbridge, Edmund, 42–43n.21, 49, 49n.44
appointment to Superior Court, 885
cases (see also anonymous case of land attached for debts; Hooton v. Grout; Richmond v. Davis)
Angier v. Jackson, 49, 49n.46, 270–74, 272nn.3–4
Apthorp v. Shepard, 660–63, 662n.3
Dom. Rex v. Mangent, 406–11
Dom. Rex v. Pourksdorff, 314–18
Draper v. Bicknell, 412–17, 412nn.1–2, 414n, 416–17n
Flagg v. Hobart, 720–24, 722nn.1–2, 724n
Hall v. Richardson, 712–13, 712n
Reed’s Case, 716–18
Richmond v. Davis, 424n.16
Russel v. Oakes, 188–93, 188n, 190n.1
Symes v. Hill, 692–702
Whitney v. Haven, 726–27, 726n
dissent by, 823 (table)
as a lawyer, 156, 424n.12, 424n.16, 635
political neutrality of, 65, 424n.12
portrait of, 275
prominence of, 63–64n.130, 64n.130
on tax collectors, 211
See also Dudley v. Dudley
Truman, Edward, 453
Tuttle v. Willington, 728–29, 846
Two Treatises on Government (Locke), 509
Tyler v. Richards, 496–501, 544–45, 547, 549, 839
The Underwriter, 856–57
Uniform Commercial Code, 193
U.S. v. Barnett, 851
U.S. v. Drew, 857
venire facias, 716–17
vessels
entering (see Paxton’s Case of the Writ of Assistance)
hypothecation of, 53–54, 53n.72, 55, 252, 259, 261
owner and hirer joining in trespass action for running with vessel, 136–39, 136nn.1–2, 828
See also admiralty jurisdiction
vexatious litigation, 89, 91
Vice Admiralty records, 809
See also Bishop v. Brig Freemason
Viner’s General Abridgment of Law and Equity, 571
Voyage to England (JQ), 447, 461
Walker, D. M., 163
Wallace, John W., 36n
Wallace v. State, 856
Walrond v. Van Moses, 216n.2
warrants, illegal. See Dom. Rex v. Gay
warranty
collateral, 355, 362, 369, 372–73, 378–79, 395n
implied, 86–89, 86nn.1–2
Warren, Charles, 36n
Warren, Earl, 581
Warren, Seth. See Berkshire Affair
Watson, Tranter v., 259
Watts v. Hasey, 492–95, 838–39, 870–71
Webber v. Richards, 732n.5
Webster, Daniel, 11–12
Welles, Means v., 348n.3
Welwood, William: Abridgment of all Sea-Laws, 259
Westminster II. See De Donis statute
Wheeler v. Rowell, 732n.5
Wheelwright, Nathaniel, 555, 556, 559, 663, 703
See also Hooton v. Grout; Pateshall v. Apthorp & Wheelwright; Symes v. Hill
Whigs, on partibility, 237
Whitaker, Lydia, 141
See also Oliver v. Sale
White, Samuel, 156, 879
Whitney v. Haven, 726–27, 726n, 846
Whitney v. Holmes, 222n.3
Whitney v. Whitney, 340–43, 342nn.1–2, 836
Willard, Parker v. See Parker v. Willard
Willard, Solomon, 681
Williams, Ephraim, 37n.3, 421n.2
Williams Reports, 46
Williamsburg, 47, 59
wills
special verdict on proper construction of, 592–95
See also Baker v. Mattocks; Banister v. Henderson; Dudley v. Dudley
Wingate, Commonwealth v., 82n.3, 83
Winsor v. Lombard, 86n.2, 88
Winthrop, Robert Charles, 11–12
Wiswall v. Hall, 132–35, 132nn.2–3, 828
witnesses
corporation members as, 158–62, 158n, 160n
vs. depositions, 556–60
felons as, 314–18, 314n.2, 316n, 318n
interested parties as, 158–62, 158n, 160n, 174–77, 174n
Witty, Gilbert v., 382–83
women
bawdy houses run by, 62
belongings lost to husband’s creditors, 61–62, 61–62nn.122–123
husbands required to support abandoned wives, 61, 61n.119
property rights of, 62–63, 115
rights of, 147
unwed mothers of stillborn babies, 406–11
Wood, Thomas
A New Institute for the Imperial on Civil Law, 351
stature of, 351, 353
Works (Jones), 513
Worthington, John
biography of, 877
in Dom. Rex v. Doaks, 62, 286–89, 289n
as a lawyer, 156
Wrentham Proprietors v. Metcalf, 158–62, 158n, 160n, 177, 829
writs
defendant adequately described in, 98–101, 100nn.1–3, 103, 827
endorsers to, 90–91, 90n, 93, 827
service of, 150–51, 150n
See also specific types of writs
Wyman, Fowle v. See Fowle v. Wyman
Wythe, George, 46
Year Books, 43, 43n.23, 509
Yeomans, Shute Shrimpton, 244n
York, Neil L., 10n.13
Zobel, Hiller B., 8, 47, 47n.36
Zuill v. Bradley, 98–101, 100nn.1–3, 103, 827
