| Horace Binney |
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| binney, horace | |
| members of the united states house of representatives from pennsylvania | |
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| 1780 births | |
| 1875 deaths | |
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His most famous case, in which he was unsuccessfully opposed by Daniel Webster, was the case of ''Vidal v. Girard's Executors'', which involved the disposition of the fortune of Stephen Girard (qv). Binneys argument in this case greatly influenced the interpretation of the law of charities. Binney made many public addresses, the most noteworthy of which, entitled Life and ''Character of Chief Justice Marshall'', was published in 1835. He also published ''Leaders of the Old Bar of Philadelphia'' (1858), and an ''Inquiry into the Formation of Washingtons Farewell Address'' (1859); and during the Civil War he issued three pamphlets (1861, 1862 and 1865), discussing the right of ''habeas corpus'' under the American Constitution, and justifying President Lincoln in his suspension of the writ. REFERENCES |
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