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Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

1786

Elizabeth Lamson

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An Act To Restore Elizabeth Lamson To Her Law Dec 1786

An Act To Restore Elizabeth Lamson To Her Law

Documents from Making Habeas Work: A Legal History (monograph)

She (Lamson) was sued as admistratrix of her late husband’s estate for the balance due on a £50 note of hand after she had only been able to scrape together £27.15s. as a partial payment. She lost by default because the lawyer who was supposed to take care of it for her forgot about the matter.

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