GREGORY'S v. Setter
| Decision Date | 31 December 1787 |
| Citation | 1 Dall. 193,1 U.S. 193 |
| Parties | GREGORY'S Lessee versus SETTER. |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
BY THE COURT: — In this case a deed was made of the house in question to Mrs Gregory in see simple, and evidence is offered *to prove, that the purchase was made with the money of her deceased husband, part of which belonged to his children, and that the purchase was for their and her use. If the acknowledged this fact at any time, it amounts to a confession against herself, which may certainly be given in evidence.
Let the witness be sworn.
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Fidelity Insurance Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. Moore
...disputed facts: Light v. Zeller, 144 Pa. 604. The declarations and confessions of the alleged trustee may be given in evidence: Gregory v. Setter, 1 Dall. 193; German v. Gabbald, 3 Binn. 302; Williard Williard, 56 Pa. 124. Before GREEN, C.J., McCOLLUM, DEAN, FELL and MESTREZAT, JJ. OPINION ......
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McDonald v. McAndrew
...admissions of the defendant, and their admissibility, we refer to the case of German et al. v. Gabbald, 3 Binney, 301. See also Gregory v. Setter, 1 Dall. 193; Hoge Hoge, 1 Watts, 163; Church v. Ruland, 64 Pa. 432. Before Rice, P. J., Porter, Henderson, Morrison, Head and Beaver, JJ. OPINIO......
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Williard v. Williard
...the alleged trustee made after the origination of the trust are not competent. The question is a decided one, and arose in Gregory's Lessee v. Salter, 1 Dall. 193, in which it was determined that an acknowledgment of the fact at any time amounts to a confession which may certainly be given ......
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Murphy v. Hubert
...there was some consideration which had been refunded. On the first point, they cited, Church v. Church, 4 Yeates, 280; Gregory's Lessee v. Setter, 1 Dall. 193; German v. Gabbald, 3 Binn. 302; Wallace v. Duffield, 2 Serg. & Rawle, 521; Peebles v. Reading, 8 Serg. & Rawle, 492; Wither's Appea......