Dexter v. Arnold
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island
Bill in equity to redeem a mortgaged estate. The cause, as formerly heard in this court, will be found reported in Dexter v. Arnold [Case No. 3.857]. It now came again before the court, upon the report of the master, W. R. Staples. Esq.
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Bill in equity to redeem a mortgaged estate. The cause, as formerly heard in this court, will be found reported in Dexter v. Arnold [Case No. 3.857]. It now came again before the court, upon the report of the master, W. R. Staples. Esq. The report was as follows: On the 25th day. and on divers days aft-erwards, having been attended by counsel for the complainants, and for the defendants, said Anna and James Arnold, and having examined the evidence taken in chief in said cause, and taking the testimony of divers witnesses, produced before me, and the ex-animations of said Anna and James, under…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
The exceptions have been argued by the learned counsel at large; but our opinion will be briefly stated upon all of them, as we do not think, that they .involve any serious difficulty. We shall first consider the exceptions of the plaintiffs.
1. The first exception is utterly unmaintainable. It is too loose and general in its terms, and points to no particulars. It comes to nothing, unless specific errors are shown in the report; and those errors, if they exist, should have been brought directly to the view of the court in the form of the exception itself. At present it…
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