Practicing Law in the Early American Republic

To Mr. J. Smith

Fredericksburg 30th April 1790

DrSir As I promised you I have enquired of Mr John Marshall whether he remembers any chancery adjudication on a pecuniary legacy in a will made in paper money times - He does not recollect any decree which reduced the nominal sum to an equitable one, but in a case in which he was councel Mr Wythe expressed an opinion, that a pecuniary legacy in paper money times should not be considered as specie, unless from the will something shewed the intention of the testator to be specie, or prima facie it was to be construed a paper money legacy. From this I am induced to advise you to refuse to pay the legacy to Sally Smith in specie, and if sued in chancery & where done you can be fined an equitable value will be put on it I am your most obed Serv Charles Lee

The petition of appeal is allowed; the petitioner entering into bond, with surety, in the penalty of one hundred pounds; and a supersedeas is awarded 18 Feb. 1791 G. Wythe

4/8 Orandorf vs G Paper's Welche's answers March 1792 dock. & Cont. May -- Cont. Sept. - Entg decree -- ans^r filed cause retained & Ge Coms aw^d

Filed February 18^th 1792

the time of the purchase of the said tract of Land with Interest thereon from that period and may deliver up Your Orators Bonds to be cancelled, And that the Judg ment aforesaid obtained by the said Launch may be injoined until the Matter here of be heard in a Court of Equity, Or that such other decree may be made in the Premises, as may be consistent with Equity and good Conscience

May it please Your Honour to grant to your Orator the Commonwealth Writs of Subficena and Injunction restraining the said Peter Lauck his Attornies or Agents from all further Proceedings upon Judgment &c &c

Corporation of Winchester to wit

William Holliday the abovenamed Complainant, this day appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the sd Corporation, and made Oath that the Allegations herein contained, so far as he hath spoken of his own Know ledge are true, and so far as he hath spoken from the Information of others he believes them to be true.

Given under my hand this 6th day of November 1801.

Josh. Gamble

The injunction is awarded on the usual terms, 14 of november, 1801,

G. Wythe.

Page 8 pg.

Holliday

vs. } Bill

Lauck et al

November 14th 1801, Skea & Junction issued returnable to March term 1802, appearance for defendant = Holmes -and so the cause remained until the first day of Feby. 1802

W Tansley

$1.93 Cts

November 14tth 1801