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“The appellees instituted this suit in the High Court of Chancery, in order to recover back certain warrants, and the interest received upon them, also warrants for about 5000 acres of land, which their testator had obtained for his services during the war, and which had been unfairly purchased from him by the appellants, for the trifling consideration of £20, at a time when, the testator was intoxicated with liquor, and incapable of contracting. The purchase was made by Valentine, on account of himself and Reynolds, the latter of whom, afterwards became the sole proprietor, by purchase from the former of the whole interest. The fraud, was clearly proven to the satisfaction of the Chancellor, who decreed; that Reynolds should restore to the plaintiff, the military certificate received by him from the auditor, for the pay, and depreciation of pay due to Waller, with interest thereon from the 1st of January 1782; or if that certificate could not be restored, to deliver to the plaintiff other certificates, of the same kind, and of equal value, with like interest. And (part of the land warrants having been assigned by Reynolds, to Waller, in his life-time,) the court directed an issue, to ascertain what damages the plaintiff had sustained, by his interest’s not receiving the military land warrant, for the remainder of the land, to which he as entitled.” 

Case Citation

1 Wash. 164