James and Dolley P. Madison v. Edward Heston, 10 January 1797 (Abstract)

§ James and Dolley P. Madison v. Edward Heston

10 January 1797, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Dolley Madison and JM brought suit against Edward Heston to recover costs incurred by Dolley Madison and the late John Todd for nursing and burying Heston’s son, Isaac, in 1793. The plaintiffs abandoned the cause and agreed to a nonsuit.

Ms (InU). 3 pp. Notes on the case taken by Jonathan Williams, who was associate judge of the court of common pleas in Philadelphia (Pa. Mag. Hist. and Biog., 48 [1924]: 284).

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Title: James and Dolley P. Madison v. Edward Heston, 10 January 1797 (Abstract)
Authors: Madison, James
Madison, Dolley Payne Todd
Heston, Edward
Date: 10 January 1797

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Cite as: “James and Dolley P. Madison v. Edward Heston, 10 January 1797 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-16-02-0319. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 16, 27 April 1795 – 27 March 1797, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Thomas A. Mason, and Jeanne K. Sisson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989, p. 452.]