Peugh v. Davis
Supreme Court of the United States
, Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This was a suit in equity, brought June 28, 1869, to redeem certain real property in Wasbington City.
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, Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This was a suit in equity, brought June 28, 1869, to redeem certain real property in Wasbington City. Tbe defence consisted in an alleged release of the equity of redemption, to establish which, in addition to the testimony of the parties, the defendant relied principally upon the following papers: — “Whereas the undersigned, Samuel'A. Peugh, of.the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, having heretofore sold and conveyed to Henry S. Davis, of the said city, two certain squares of ground in said city, the same being…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
• This is a suit in equity-to redeem certain property, consisting of two squares of land in the city of Washington, from an alleged mortgage of the complainant. The facts, out of which it arises, are briefly these: In March, 1857, the complainant, Samuel A. Peugh, borrowed from the defendant, Henry S. Davis, the sum of $2,000, payable in sixty days, with interest at the rate of three and three-fourths per cent a month, and executed as security for its payment a deed of the two squares. This deed was absolute in form, purporting to be made upon a sale of the property for the consideration of…
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