United States Court of Claims; Argument for Plaintiff in Case of Thomas Hicks, Ex'r of Capt. Isaac Hicks Versus the United States, for Half-Pay, Under ... Pay Debts Due to the Officers of the Revolu
Description:Excerpt from United States Court of Claims; Argument for Plaintiff in Case of Thomas Hicks, Ex'r of Capt. Isaac Hicks Versus the United States, for Half-Pay, Under the Resolve of October 21, 1790: Also, in Behalf of the Half Pay Debts Due to the Officers of the Revolution Generally, Embracing the Laws and Decisions in Support of Same; Also, Suggestions in Behalf of All the Creditors of the United States If an individual should be knocked down in the night time and robbed of all the money he had in the world, with the uncertainty which must at tend its recovery, and he could receive one-twelfth, it may be true that one twelfth actually paid over, would be worth as much as the whole in the pocket of the robber; but such a transaction would hardly be viewed, in a court of law, as an accord and satisfaction of the claim. Such is the moral and legal deduction to be made from the defence to these claims. How could it be otherwise? A few patriotic men of the provinces and States undertake to declare themselves independent, and set up for them selves, and contend with the most powerful government on earth, surrounded with tories and enemies at home, and to carry on a war of eight years dura. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with United States Court of Claims; Argument for Plaintiff in Case of Thomas Hicks, Ex'r of Capt. Isaac Hicks Versus the United States, for Half-Pay, Under ... Pay Debts Due to the Officers of the Revolu. To get started finding United States Court of Claims; Argument for Plaintiff in Case of Thomas Hicks, Ex'r of Capt. Isaac Hicks Versus the United States, for Half-Pay, Under ... Pay Debts Due to the Officers of the Revolu, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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United States Court of Claims; Argument for Plaintiff in Case of Thomas Hicks, Ex'r of Capt. Isaac Hicks Versus the United States, for Half-Pay, Under ... Pay Debts Due to the Officers of the Revolu
Description: Excerpt from United States Court of Claims; Argument for Plaintiff in Case of Thomas Hicks, Ex'r of Capt. Isaac Hicks Versus the United States, for Half-Pay, Under the Resolve of October 21, 1790: Also, in Behalf of the Half Pay Debts Due to the Officers of the Revolution Generally, Embracing the Laws and Decisions in Support of Same; Also, Suggestions in Behalf of All the Creditors of the United States If an individual should be knocked down in the night time and robbed of all the money he had in the world, with the uncertainty which must at tend its recovery, and he could receive one-twelfth, it may be true that one twelfth actually paid over, would be worth as much as the whole in the pocket of the robber; but such a transaction would hardly be viewed, in a court of law, as an accord and satisfaction of the claim. Such is the moral and legal deduction to be made from the defence to these claims. How could it be otherwise? A few patriotic men of the provinces and States undertake to declare themselves independent, and set up for them selves, and contend with the most powerful government on earth, surrounded with tories and enemies at home, and to carry on a war of eight years dura. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with United States Court of Claims; Argument for Plaintiff in Case of Thomas Hicks, Ex'r of Capt. Isaac Hicks Versus the United States, for Half-Pay, Under ... Pay Debts Due to the Officers of the Revolu. To get started finding United States Court of Claims; Argument for Plaintiff in Case of Thomas Hicks, Ex'r of Capt. Isaac Hicks Versus the United States, for Half-Pay, Under ... Pay Debts Due to the Officers of the Revolu, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.