INDEX TO THE FIFTH VOLUME. NOTE. The Table and the Summary of Contents prefixed to the Ar- ACTS of CONGRESS, quoted or explained. 6th July, 1798. Aliens 12 Dec. 1812. Army, Arrest 26 June, 1812. Prizes, Slaves Slaves 24th Sept. 1789. State Laws Legislature of Pennsylvania, 1st Nov. 1780. Slaves 29th Mar. 1788. 12th Mar. 1812. Insolvents 339 1783, ch 2. County Warrants 353 North Carolina, 1778, ch. 3. Boundaries, Treaty 342 1812, Non-Execution Law 620 364 Virginia, Maryland, Feb. 1777, Jan. 1814, Habeas Corpus 486 Council of Vermont, Oct. 1814, Constitution of U. S. 495 540 Council of Revision of New York-Raising Troops, ACTION, right of, see WARRANTY. ALIENS; an alien enemy who refuses to remove under the act of July, 1798, may be imprisoned by the marshal until ALMEIDA, v. Slaves, decision of Judge Drayton, BANK OF COLUMBIA, v. Patterson, opinion of the court, CONSTITUTION of the U. S. quoted or explained, CORPORATION may be bound by instruments not under seal, 489 CHITTENDEN V. JONES, Taylor's decision, COURT MARTIAL, organized under the authority of a state, ib. 520 476 342 GOLDEN V. PRINCE, Washington's decision, HABEAS CORPUS, may be issued by a state court to inquire 330 476 474 502 315 354 455 In Maryland, the truth of the return may be controverted, 488 489 İNSOLVENT laws, impair the force of contracts, and are void, 507 the disposition of slaves captured in time of war, is a mat- LOCKINGHAM, an alien enemy, case of, 315 458 92, 301 LEGISLATURE, whether it has power to inquire into the con- whether an act can be set aside on account of the motives 354 ib. LEWIS, negro, case of 466 MARYLAND, house of delegates of, refuses to revive an act to prevent the growth of Toryism," as proposed by the MURRAY v. M'Lane, case of, opinion of the court, 514 NOTICE, see Warranty. NAVY, officers of the navy may board a merchant vessel be- 563 longing to a citizen in the waters of the United States, [Quere] PRESIDENT, see Jurisdiction. PROBABLE CAUSE, what shall amount to, 518 520 339 459 POSSESSION, not necessary to be in the grantor of land in Tennessee, at the time of conveyance, SLAVES, captured in time of war, are not to be considered as prize or as prisoners, domestic slaves of members of congress who are attending on the family of their masters, even during its recess, gain no title to freedom, although they remain in Pennsylvania, whether the seat of congress be in that state or elsewhere, 473 YAZOO claims, Hamilton's opinion, Harper's 455 354 330 UNITED STATES v. the schooner Active, Toulman's opinion, 543 WARRANTY, in an action of covenant on a warranty in a deed of bargain and sale, brought by the heirs of the warrantee against the grantor, in consequence of the ancestor having been evicted by an action of eje ctment, brought by a third person, it is not necessary that the plaintiffs should prove that the warrantor had notice of the action, if he had notice of the action, he is bound by it; if he had not, he may dispute the verdict, in such action, it is not necessary to show the better title, by which the warrantee was evicted, the right of action in this case descends to the heirs of the warrantee; but if the ancestor had brought suit in his lifetime, his personal representatives would be entitled to the benefit of it, in such action, the measure of damages should be the value of the land at the execution of the deed, with interest and costs, ib. ib. ib. ib |