TABLE OF CASES REPORTED. Anonymous...... ........... Archer's Executors, United States v. ................ 173 Barnum, Wilson v. ............................... 342 id. id. v. ............................ Bayard, Lombard y. .. .......................... 196 Blanchard v. Brown. Ho... .................... 309 Blanchard v. Eldridge. ....... Bond v. The Superb, ........... ................... 355 Brown. Blanchard v. ............................ 309 Brown, White v. ...... W ........ ................... 12 Canal Boat Benjamin, Lowe v. The ...... 69 Charles Pitman, Carrigan v. The............. ...... 307 Childs v. Lenig, ............................... 805 Culvertson, Parker v. Delaware & Raritan Canal, Rundle v. The ........ Edsall, Nones v. ................................ 189 Eldridge, Blanchard v. - ........................... 337 Fisher v. Carter, 345 Harding et al., United States v. ................ ................ Holmes, United States v. ...... Hotchkiss, Parker v. ....... ....... ......... Hurst v. Jones, (Appendix.)...................... 1 269 : La Veuve Dussert v. Roe, ........................ 39 Lenig, Childs v. ........... .......... 305 Lerch, Miller v. ... Lombard v. Bayard Low v. Hauel,.................... ............... 345 Lowe v. The Canal Boat Benjamin, ............... : ............... Parker v. Hotchkiss, ...... 269 Parker v. Kempton, ............... ..... 344 Pea Patch Island, (Appendix.) ........................... Phillips' Executors, Wilcocks v. ..... ... 164 Rail Roads, Stimpson v. The ...... 192 Robert Morris, The ............. ... 33 Robinson et al., United States v. ..................... Royal Saxon, Taylor v. The ...... ..... 311 Roe, La Veuve Dussert v. ....... 39 Rundle v. The Delaware & Raritan Canal, .............. 161 .......... 307 ..... Taylor v. The Royal Saxon ...... .... 311 The Canal Boat Benjamin, Lowe v. .................. 187 The Charles Pitman, Carrigan v. ...................... The Delaware & Raritan Canal, Rundle v. .... 275 The Pea Patch Island, (Appendix.).... ix The Rail Roads, Stimpson v. ..... .... 311 .... ........... United States v. Archer's Executors, ......... 173 id. v. Harding et al. ....................... ........ 127 id. v. Holmes, .... ..... 1 id. v. Robinson et al........... 161 343 ................ .......... 217 Weaver v. The S. G. Owens,......... · 359 Weaver v. Thomson, White v. Brown, ......... Wilcocks v. Phillips' Executors, ..................... Wilson v. Barnum, ....... 34:2 id. v. id. ................. ....... 347 Wilton v. The Rail Roads, .............. ...... 192 47 .......... RUL E S AT LAW AND IN EQUITY OF THE CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1. ADMISSIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVIDENCE. 1. In actions upon any instrument of writing, a copy of which shall have been filed within two weeks from the return day to which the action is brought, it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff, unless the defendant be an executor or administrator, to prove on the trial the execution thereof, nor in the case of bills of exchange or promissory notes, for an indorser to prove the signatures of prior endorsers, but the same shall be taken to be admitted, unless the defendant by affidavit filed at or before the time of filing his plea, shall have denied that such instrument of writing was executed by him, or that such endorsements were made. 2. In all actions by or against partners, it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff on the trial, to prove the partnership, but the same shall be taken to be admitted as alleged on the record, unless one or more of the defendants shall at or before the time of filing their plea, make and file an affidavit denying the existence of the partnership as alleged, and stating to the best of his or their knowledge and belief, whether there is any partnership in relation to the subject matter of the action, and if so, who are parties to it. nece |