Allen v. Allen

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Allen et. al. v. Allen, Allen, and Gatewood, Jefferson's Memorandum Books 49 (1768),[1] was a chancery case in which Thomas Jefferson assisted George Wythe defending Allen, Allen, and Gatewood on appeal.

Text of Jefferson's Entry

Elizabeth Allen Henry Allen and WIlliam Gatewood husband of Tomazin (Essex) employ me to assist Wythe in defending them in a suit in Chancy. brought by Thomas Allen et. al. (Essex). It will come on in Octob. Recd. of Gatewood 20/. Note it is an appeal and we are pls. in Appeal.[2]

See Also

  • Wythe the Lawyer

References

  1. ↑ Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767-1826. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd Series, James A. Bear, Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton, eds. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997): 1:49.
  2. ↑ Memorandum Books, 1:49.
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