Picket v. Morris

First page of the opinion Picket v. Morris, in Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Virginia, by Bushrod Washington. Richmond: T. Nicolson, 1799.

Picket v. Morris, 2 Va. (2 Wash.) 255 (1796), was a case involving .

Background

In 1785, Morris bought 2,000 acres of land in Kentucky from Littlepage. The transaction cost £600, to which Morris paid £400 as a bond, payable at a future date, and promissory note for £200 which at the time of litigation had been discharged.

The Court's Decision

Upon hearing the case, Chancellor Wythe dissolved the injunction and perpetuated the residual effect of the injunction. Additionally, Wythe decreed that Morris should assign to Picket the judgment he obtained against Stockdell. Finally, Wythe dismissed the case for the claim against Littlepage. The Court of Appeals affirmed the Chancellor’s decree. The Court really looks at the Court of Chancery’s jurisdiction particularly in cases masked with issue of law and issues of equity.

See also

• Wythe's Judicial Career