Birth Date:
1785-05-24
Death Date:
1872-10-23
Litchfield Ledger:
Original Repository:
Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School
Provenance:
Bookplate of the State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
Warner, Ely
| Lecture Date | Lecturer | Opening Line | All terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| not applicable | Chronological chard of the Reporters of Cases adjudged in the Courts of Law and Equity in England, with additions to include American reports. | Table of English Reports, Volume 1 Table of reporters | |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | This branch of mercantile law is in England regulated by a number of statutes. | Insurance, Volume 3 Insurance |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Gould, James | Pleas & pleadings are defined to be the mutual altercations of the parties taken in legal form and put in writing. | Pleas & pleadings, Volume 2 Pleas & pleadings |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | These are usually under seal, tho' not necessarily so. They may be by parole and are valid so. | Charter parties, Volume 3 Charter parties |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | It is further observed that articles of partnership in trade do not subsist for the benefit of executors to entitle them to continue in the partnership. | Partnership, Volume 3 Partnerships |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | A Factor is one employed by a merchant in a country to transact business for one in another. The factor acts under commission from his principal. | Factors/agency, Volume 3 Factorage |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | not identified | And first as to the jurisdiction of our Courts of law in civil causes. Single magistrates. | Practice in Connecticut, Volume 3 Practice in Connecticut |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | The Mercantile law or Law Merchant, as it is sometimes called, is said to be founded upon the custom of merchants & from this it derives its name. | Mercantile law, Volume 3 Mercantile law |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Gould, James | The rules of law under this title are so simple that it can not be expected much more can be said upon this subject than is to be found in the elementary writers. | Public wrongs, Volume 3 Public wrongs |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Gould, James | The rights and duties of guardians. A Guardian is a temporary parent or a person in loco parentis during the minority of a child. | Guardian & Ward, Volume 1 Guardian & ward |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Gould, James | An application for a new trial is in England always by a motion. This motion is a rule upon the adverse party to show cause, if any he has, why a new trial should not be granted. | New trials, Volume 2 New trials |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Gould, James | This term includes a whole class of offences and is according to the original acceptation or signification of the word, any offence occasioning a total forfeiture of goods or land or both. | Public wrongs, Volume 3 Felonies |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Gould, James | As the term denotes the killing of any human creature, or literally, man killing. There are three kinds, viz. justifiable, excusable & felonious. | Public wrongs, Volume 3 Homicide |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | A bill of exchange is an open letter of request for value received to pay a certain person or order the sum of Money therein specified. | Bills of exchange & promissory notes, Volume 3 Bills of exchange |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | A writ of error is said to be a commission directed to the judges of a superior court to examine the record of an inferior court. | Volume 2 Writs of error, Writs of error |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | not identified | A bill of exception is a statement of facts annexed to the record for the purpose of laying the foundation for a writ of error. | Bills of exception, Volume 2 Bills of exception |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | not identified | A writ of error is a commission to judges of a higher court to examine the record on which judgment was given in the court below. | Volume 2 Writs of error, Writs of error |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Gould, James | Burglary is the offence of breaking into the mansion house of another in the night season with intent to commit a felony. | Public wrongs, Volume 3 Burglary |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Gould, James | Larceny is what in common parlance is called theft & is a title of more practical importance than any other in criminal law. | Public wrongs, Volume 3 Larceny |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | Real property is sometimes defined to be property that is fixed & immoveable, but, says Judge Reeve, this does not convey the whole idea of the real property. | Real property & mortgages, Volume 2 Real property |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Gould, James | Forgery is the crimen falsi of the Roman law & is the fraudulent making an alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another's right. | Public wrongs, Volume 3 Forgery |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Gould, James | Perjury is defined to be the swearing willfully & falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question under an oath lawfully administered in some judicial proceedings. | Public wrongs, Volume 3 Perjury |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Gould, James | The highest court of ordinary jurisdiction is the Superior Court. | Public wrongs, Volume 3 Courts of criminal jurisdiction |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | A mortgage is a security for a debt by real estate. | Real property & mortgages, Volume 2 Mortgages |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Gould, James | This subject is interesting in practice & short & summary. | Bail, Volume 3 Bail in criminal cases |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | Descent is the title by which the heirs of a man hold his estate after he dies intestate. | Descents, Volume 2 Descent |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | It has been observed that all estates acquired otherwise than by descent, devise or deed of gift from some ancestor or kindred, were considered purchased estates. | Devises, Volume 2 Devises |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | By alienation by execution, says Judge Reeve, I don't mean what one acquires by suing. | Real property & mortgages, Volume 2 Alienation by execution |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | After the Conquest which brought feudal tenure & the restriction of the alienation of real property, the first we know of alienation is by Stat. Hen. II. | Real property & mortgages, Volume 2 Alienation by deed |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | I shall take notice of the, says the Judge, as they are at Common Law. Joint tenancies may be of personal as well as real estate, of a horse as well as of a Farm. | Real property & mortgages, Volume 2 Joint tenancy |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | This is where land descends to several heirs. | Real property & mortgages, Volume 2 Coparcenary |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | There is no difficulty, says the Judge,, in conveying an idea of it. Any way of holding an estate jointly, except by joint tenancy & coparcenary, is a tenancy in common. | Real property & mortgages, Volume 2 Tenancy in common |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | Of these it will not be necessary here to treat very particularly. They depend on a few general principles & these plain & simple. | Real property & mortgages, Volume 2 Estates in possession remainder & reversion |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | These are somewhat like contingent remainders, only different in creation. | Real property & mortgages, Volume 2 Executory devises |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | A Reversion is a residuum of an estate left in the grantor & to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted by him. | Real property & mortgages, Volume 2 Reversions |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | Trespass in its largest sense signifies any violations of law whatever. In its limited sense, it means any forcible injury either upon the person or the property of another. | Injuries to real property, Volume 2 Trespass |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | Ejectment does not lie in case of rent in arrears nor for a right of way. | Injuries to real property, Volume 2 Ejectment |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | Reeve, Tapping | Waste is an injury done to the real estate of one & this by a tenant for life or years in possession. | Injuries to real property, Volume 2 Waste |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | not identified | The general nature of a Mandamus is that it issues from some court to an inferior court commanding them to do justice in cases where it is delayed. | Prerogative writs, Volume 2 Writ of mandamus |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | not identified | The writ of Habeas corpus is one directed to any person having another in custody commanding him to bring the prisoner with the cause of his detention before the court from which the writ issued. | Habeas corpus, Volume 2 Habeas corpus |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | not identified | This is a writ issuing from some court directed as well to the party prosecuting in as to the Judges of an inferior court, commanding them not to proceed in a certain cause pending before them. | Prerogative writs, Volume 2 Writ of prohibition |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-09-30 | not identified | It is a primary rule of evidence that the best evidence which the nature of the case will admit must be produced. | Evidence, Volume 2 Evidence |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-10-30 | Gould, James | A servant may be defined to be one who is subject to the personal authority of another. | Master & Servant, Volume 1 Master & servant Private relations |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-10-30 | not identified | The jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery has been said to be different from the courts of common law in that it abates the rigors of the common law. | Chancery, Volume 3 Powers of Chancery |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-10-30 | Gould, James | It is to be premised that the title of Parent & child includes that of Guardian & Ward, tho' usually separate. | Parent & child, Volume 1 Parent & child |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-10-30 | Gould, James | The word Sheriff is derived from the Saxon words Shire & Reeve (i.e.) governor or keeper of the Shire or County. | Sheriff & Gaoler, Volume 1 Sheriffs under-sheriffs gaolers & bailiffs |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-10-30 | Reeve, Tapping | General principles of administration or the duties of Executors & Administrators. | Executor & Administrators, Volume 1 Executors & administrators |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-10-30 | not identified | Bills of exception, delete | |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-10-30 | not identified | Bailment is the delivery of goods on an express or implied condition that they shall be restored to the Bailor, or according to his direction, when the purpose for which they were bailed shall be answered. | Bailments, Volume 1 Bailments |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-10-30 | Reeve, Tapping | It is essential to every express contract that there be consent of two parties, at least of sound intellect. | Contracts, Volume 1 Contracts |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-10-30 | Reeve, Tapping | [This appendix contains additional paragraphs relating to parent & child, escapes, with each noted "From T. Reeve's manuscripts verbatim." | Parent & child, Volume 1 Appendix |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-10-30 | not identified | Among the injuries comprised under the head of Private Wrongs are Slander and Libel. | Private wrongs, Volume 2 Private wrongs |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-10-30 | not applicable | [Index arranged alphabetically by subject from Abandonment to York & Lancaster] | Index, Volume 3 Index |
| 1808-06-01 to 1809-10-30 | not applicable | A SYSTEM of LAW in a Series of Lectures, Delivered, ore tenus at Litchfield (Conn) From June 1808 to September 1809 by TAPPING REEVE ESQ. JUDGE of SUP COURT JAMES GOULD ESQ. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Taken down in notes at their offices in Litchfield and transcribed In three volumes VOL III by ELY WARNER | Title Page, Volume 3 title page |
| 1809-02-01 to 1809-02-28 | Gould and Reeve | False imprisonment or assault & battery. Lomis vs. Dalby and other. Slander: Judson vs. Minor. | Attendance in court, Volume 3 Superior Court Litchfield Feb. 1809 |
| 1809-07-26 | Gould, James | Law in its most general sense is defined to be a Rule of Action. Municipal law is defined to be a Rule of civil Conduct prescribed by the Supreme Power in a State, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong. | Municipal law, Volume 1 Municipal law |
| 1809-08-01 to 1809-08-31 | Gould and Reeve | The facts agreed to by the parties were the following. Mr. Gould counsel for Plff. | Attendance in court, Volume 3 Superior Court Litchfield Aug. 1809 |
| 1809-08-14 | Reeve, Tapping | Under the title of Baron & Feme or husband & wife are first to be considered the rights the husband acquires to the personal property of his wife in possession & her choses in action. | Baron & feme, Volume 1 Baron & feme |
| 1809-12-01 to 1809-12-31 | Gould and Reeve | Wednesday. Ejectment. Norther vs. Metcalf. It was admitted that the defendant was in possession. | Attendance in court, Volume 3 Superior Court Haddam Dec. 1809 |
| 1810-12-01 to 1812-12-31 | not applicable | Present: Mitchell, pr. just., Trumbull & J.C. Smith. Churchill vs. Watson. Action of trespass. | Attendance in court, Volume 3 Superior Court Middletown Dec. |
| 1811-07-01 to 1811-07-31 | not applicable | Coleman vs. Wolcot. Action of case. The defendant had covenanted to procure for the plaintiff and another certain lands in Virginia. | Attendance in court, Volume 3 Superior Court July 1811 |
| 1811-12-01 to 1811-12-31 | not applicable | Court: Reeve, P.J., Baldwin & Ingersol. Edwards vs. Hocking, Book debt. | Attendance in court, Volume 3 Superior Court Haddam Dec. 1811 |
| 1812-07-01 to 1812-07-31 | not applicable | Court: Swift, P.J., Trumbull, N. Smith. East Haddam vs. Haddam. | Attendance in court, Volume 3 Superior Court Middletown 1812 |
| 1812-12-01 to 1812-12-31 | Court: Mitchell, CJ, Baldwin, Ingersol. Tracy vs. Isham. Account. | Attendance in court, Volume 3 Superior Court Dec. 1812 | |
| 1813-07-01 to 1813-07-31 | not applicable | Court: Swift, Baldwin & Brainerd. Seth Stocking vs. Julia Fowler. Book debt. | Attendance in court, Volume 3 Superior Court Middlesex July 1813 |
| 1813-12-01 to 1813-12-31 | not applicable | Court: Mitchell, Trumbull & Ingersol. State vs. Asher Canfield. This was an indictment for adultery charged to have been committed with one Betsey Wright. | Attendance in court, Volume 3 Superior Court Dec. 1813 |