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Bell Vs. Morrison

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 01, 1828

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  1. U.S. 351 (1828) U.S. Supreme Court Bell v. Morrison
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  2. U.S. 1 Pet. 351 351 (1828) Bell v. Morrison
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  3. which is consistent with its true object and import is that expressed by this Court in the case of Wetzell v. Bussard
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  4. to sober and rational limits. The American courts have evinced a like disposition. In the recent case of Bangs v. Hall
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  5. has been asserted in the supreme court of New York. The subject was much considered in the case of Sands v. Gelston
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  6. In the case of Clementson v. Williams
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  7. In the case of Wetzell v. Bussard
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  8. in the habit of respecting and following the judgments of the local tribunals. The first and leading case is Bell v. Rowlands
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  9. those facts. This case has never been departed from in Kentucky, and has been frequently recognized. In Harrison v. Handley
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  10. by the court of appeals. Mr. Chief Justice, in delivering the opinion of the court, adverted to the case of Bell v. Rowland's
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  11. This is certainly a very strong case to illustrate the rule, adopted in Kentucky. In Gray v. Lawridge
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  12. him not exceeding the amount of the interest then due, was taken out of the statute, and no further. In Ormsby v. Letcher
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  13. The language of this case, as well as that in Harrison v. Handley
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  14. whether the law will imply such a promise from language so doubtful and general. The language of the court in Harrison v. Hanley
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  15. to maintain the present action, it must be binding upon all. In the case of Bland v. Haslering
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  16. report, whether the opinion of the court or of any of the judges proceeded solely upon such a ground. In Whitcomb v. Whiting
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  17. they should have utterly denied the debt at the time when such acknowledgment was made. The doctrine of Whitcomb v. Whiting
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  18. has been followed in England in subsequent cases, and was applied to in a strong manner in Jackson v. Fairbank
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  19. the statute as an acknowledgment of a subsisting debt. It has not, however, been received without hesitation. In Clark v. Bradshaw
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  20. Kenyon, at Nisi Prius, expressed some doubts upon it, and the cause went off on another ground. And in Brandram v. Wharton
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  21. by an acknowledgment other Page 26 U. S. 369 than that of the party himself began with the case of Whitcomb v. Whiting
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  22. are by an express statute of Kentucky declared not to be of authority in their courts, and consequently Whitcomb v. Whiting
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  23. bind the other so as to prevent him from availing himself of the statute. This is evident from the cases of Whitcomb v. Whiting
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  24. and Jackson v. Fairbank
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  25. The correctness of the decision, cannot, upon the general view taken by the court, be questioned. In Roosevelt v. Marks
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  26. Johns.Ch. 266. 291, Mr. Chancellor Kent admitted the authority of Whitcomb v. Whiting
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  27. but denied that of Jackson v. Fairbank
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  28. to us solid and satisfactory. Upon some other cases in New York we shall have occasion hereafter to comment. In Hunt v. Bridgham
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  29. did not proceed to any reasoning to establish the principle, considering it as the result of the authorities. Shelton v. Cocks
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  30. is to the same effect, and contains a mere annunciation of the rule, without any discussion of its principle. Simpson v. Morrison
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  31. which may depend upon the rules of pleading. This very point came before the twelve judges, in the case of Hyling v. Hastings
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  32. So, in Boydell v. Drummond
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  33. the English as well as the American authorities conforms to this view of the operation of an acknowledgment. In Jones v. Moore
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  34. of partners after the dissolution of the partnership, and bears directly on the point under consideration. In Hackley v. Patrick
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  35. authorized to settle all the accounts of the firm. This doctrine was again recognized by the same court in Malden v. Sherburne
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  36. Johns. 409, 424, although it was admitted that in Wood v. Braddick
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  37. a general exposition of the law according to its terms is conclusive on this point. It is the case of Walker & Evans v. Duberry
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  38. arises from the citations of 3 Johnson and 3 Mumford. The former has been already adverted to, and the latter, Shelton v. Cocke
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  39. it leads to the most serious doubts whether the state courts of Kentucky would ever adopt the doctrine of Whitcomb v. Whiting
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  40. Brown v. Campbell
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  41. Tries v. Boiselet
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  42. U.S. Supreme Court Bell v. Morrison
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  43. of Wetzell v. Bussard
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  44. of Bangs v. Hall
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  45. of Sands v. Gelston
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  46. of Clementson v. Williams
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  47. Bell v. Rowlands
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  48. In Harrison v. Handley
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  49. of Bell v. Rowland's
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  50. Kentucky. In Gray v. Lawridge
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