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[[File:CallsReports1833V5BlantonvBrackett.pdf|link=Media:CallsReports1833V5BlantonvBrackett.pdf|thumb|right|300px|First page of the opinion [[Media:CallsReports1833V5BlantonvBrackett.pdf|''Ambler v. Wyld'']], in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/2099031 ''Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals of Virginia''], by Daniel Call. Richmond: R. I. Smith, 1833.]]
 
[[File:CallsReports1833V5BlantonvBrackett.pdf|link=Media:CallsReports1833V5BlantonvBrackett.pdf|thumb|right|300px|First page of the opinion [[Media:CallsReports1833V5BlantonvBrackett.pdf|''Ambler v. Wyld'']], in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/2099031 ''Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals of Virginia''], by Daniel Call. Richmond: R. I. Smith, 1833.]]
 
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In [[Media:CallsReports1833V5BlantonvBrackett.pdf|''Blanton v. Brackett'']], Call Vol. V 232 (1804)<ref>Daniel Call, ''[[Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals in Virginia]],'' (Richmond: R. I. Smith, 1833), 232.</ref> the court determined whether the plaintiff’s response to the defendant's Answer was adequate enough to avoid dismissal.  
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In [[Media:CallsReports1833V5BlantonvBrackett.pdf|''Blanton v. Brackett'']], Call Vol. V 232 (1804)<ref>Daniel Call, ''[[Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals in Virginia]],'' (Richmond: R. I. Smith, 1833), 232.</ref>, the court determined whether the plaintiff’s response to the defendant's Answer was adequate enough to avoid dismissal.  
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
In March 1797, Blanton owed Brackett £59.19 and 2 shillings on a bond. At the time, Anglea, who was indebted to Blanton, had a pending case against Brackett for slander. Anglea agreed to apply any monetary award from his case toward Blanton’s debt with Brackett. When the slander suit ended, Anglea recovered £100 damages against Brackett, but Brackett went bankrupt and secretly transferred Blanton’s bond to Redd. Redd heard about the deal between Anglea and Blanton through the newspaper and seeing that the bond was useless secretly assigned it to Miller. Miller also learned about the agreement and sued Brackett and help him avoid paying Anglea’s judgment.
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In March 1797, Blanton owed Brackett £59.19 and 2 shillings on a bond. At the time, Anglea, one of Blanton's debtors, had a pending case against Brackett for slander. Anglea promised that if Blanton waited until the case was over, he would give Blanton his judgment. Anglea recovered £100 in damages against Brackett, who subsequently went bankrupt. Brackett secretly transferred Blanton’s bond to Redd, who hearing about the deal between Anglea and Blanton through the newspaper, secretly assigned it to Miller. Miller sued Blanton on Brackett's behalf and obtained a judgment. Blanton, then brought this suit against Brackett to obtain an injunction from Miller's judgment.
  
 
===The Court's Decision===
 
===The Court's Decision===

Revision as of 12:22, 23 February 2018

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In Blanton v. Brackett, Call Vol. V 232 (1804)[1], the court determined whether the plaintiff’s response to the defendant's Answer was adequate enough to avoid dismissal.

Background

In March 1797, Blanton owed Brackett £59.19 and 2 shillings on a bond. At the time, Anglea, one of Blanton's debtors, had a pending case against Brackett for slander. Anglea promised that if Blanton waited until the case was over, he would give Blanton his judgment. Anglea recovered £100 in damages against Brackett, who subsequently went bankrupt. Brackett secretly transferred Blanton’s bond to Redd, who hearing about the deal between Anglea and Blanton through the newspaper, secretly assigned it to Miller. Miller sued Blanton on Brackett's behalf and obtained a judgment. Blanton, then brought this suit against Brackett to obtain an injunction from Miller's judgment.

The Court's Decision

Chancellor Wythe dismissed the case. The Court of Appeals affirmed.

See also

References

  1. Daniel Call, Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals in Virginia, (Richmond: R. I. Smith, 1833), 232.