Report of a case, decided on Saturday, the 16th of November, 1793, in the General Court of Virginia; wherein Peter Kamper, was plaintiff, against Mary Hawkins, defendant; on a question adjourned from the District Court of Dumfries, for Novelty and Difficulty, touching the constitutionality of an act of assembly; : together with arguments and opinions of the respective judges at large, and the order of court thereon. : Published with their permission. / By a gentleman of the bar.

Title

Report of a case, decided on Saturday, the 16th of November, 1793, in the General Court of Virginia; wherein Peter Kamper, was plaintiff, against Mary Hawkins, defendant; on a question adjourned from the District Court of Dumfries, for Novelty and Difficulty, touching the constitutionality of an act of assembly; : together with arguments and opinions of the respective judges at large, and the order of court thereon. : Published with their permission. / By a gentleman of the bar.

Author

Kamper, Peter.

Publication

Philadelphia: :: Printed for A. M'Kenzie, & Co. no. 126, South Front-Street, by W.W. Woodward, Franklin's Head, no. 36 Chesnut-Street.,

1794.

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Constitutional law.

Trials -- Virginia.

Courts -- Virginia.

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"Report of a case, decided on Saturday, the 16th of November, 1793, in the General Court of Virginia; wherein Peter Kamper, was plaintiff, against Mary Hawkins, defendant; on a question adjourned from the District Court of Dumfries, for Novelty and Difficulty, touching the constitutionality of an act of assembly; : together with arguments and opinions of the respective judges at large, and the order of court thereon. : Published with their permission. / By a gentleman of the bar." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N21145.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 30, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• copyright notice
• THE CASE, ARGUMENTS AND DECISION, OF THE COURT.
  • The RECORD, ARGUMENTS, and DECISION, here follow.
  • JUDGE NELSON.
  • JUDGE ROANE.
  • JUDGE HENRY.
  • JUDGE TYLER.
  • JUDGE TUCKER.
• THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTION. At a GENERAL CONVENTION of Delegates and Repre|sentatives, from the several counties and corporations of Virginia, held at the capitol in the city of Williamsburgh, on Monday, the 6th of May, 1776.
  • DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. A declaration of rights, made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free con|vention; which rights do pertain to them, and their pos|terity, as the basis and foundation of government.
  • THE CONSTITUTION. The Constitution, or Form of Government, agreed to and resolved upon by the Delegates and Representatives of the several Counties and Corporations of Virginia.
• COURT OF APPEALS. Court of appeals first opened at Williamsburgh, 30th August, 1779.
• REMONSTRANCE, Of the court of appeals, to the general assembly.
• THE RESPECTFUL REMONSTRANCE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS.
• ADVERTISEMENT.
• CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
  • ARTICLE I.
    • SECTION I.
    • SECTION II.
    • SECTION III.
    • SECTION IV.
    • SECTION V.
    • SECTION VI.
    • SECTION VII.
    • SECTION VIII.
    • SECTION IX.
    • SECTION X.
  • ARTICLE II.
    • SECTION I.
    • SECTION II.
    • SECTION III.
    • SECTION IV.
  • ARTICLE. III.
    • SECTION I.
    • SECTION II.
    • SECTION III.
  • ARTICLE IV.
    • SECTION I.
    • SECTION II.
    • SECTION III.
    • SECTION IV.
  • ARTICLE V.
  • ARTICLE VI.
  • ARTICLE VII.
• CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, Begun and held at the city of New-York, on Wednesday, the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.
  • ARTICLES, in addition to, and amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, propos|ed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth article of the ori|ginal Constitution.