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Mendenhall v. Broom

2 Del. Cas. 147 Court Court of Common Pleas. New Castle. English

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p. 147
ELI MENDENHALL v. JACOB BROOM.
Court of Common Pleas. New Castle.
May, 1801.
Rodney’s Notes.
p. 148
Finney, Bayard, Rodney [for plaintiff]. G., Read, Vandyke [for defendant].
Thomas Mendenhall, to prove handwriting of Jacob Broom. Schooner sailed between the 10th and 20th March, 1796. She has been considered as lost. One year and a day considered the time after which the action may be brought on a policy if the vessel is not heard of in West India voyages.
Bayard.
We claim the sum subscribed, one hundred dollars, with the deduction of two dollars for trouble etc., according to the terms, with interest from the year after she sailed, viz- March 20, 1797.

Verdict for plaintiff, $122.57.