Delaware Reports

Delaware Reports by A.M. Schee A nineteenth-century Delaware civil and commercial jurisprudence collection presenting decisions of the Superior Court and the Court of Errors and Appeals, with emphasis on contracts, bonds, taxes, property, and equity. The excerpts cover official bonds and sureties in Pickering V. Day, the binding effect of signatures in Willey V. Lines and Sudler, trespass and officer liability in Groves V. Bloxom et al., and the admissibility of copies in Bunting V. Bunting’s Administrator. Other topics include mechanics’ liens, wills and probate, and ejectment, alongside doctrines on payment allocation, savings clauses, and the proper use of documentary evidence and records in adjudication. The local summaries trace postwar legal complexity in bonds, liability, and evidence, and illustrate how 19th-century courts approached title, debt, and property rights, as well as the interaction of statute and common law in commercial transactions and procedural matters.