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

Elizabeth Lamson

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Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. J, At 380, New Hampshire State Archives - Lamson V. Tilton May 1787

Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. J, At 380, New Hampshire State Archives - Lamson V. Tilton

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.


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.