Creath's Administrator v. Sims
Supreme Court of the United States
The reporter finds the following statement of the case prefixed . to the opinion: of the. court, as delivered by Mr. Justice Datíiel. This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the 9th Circuit and Southern District of Mississippi.
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The reporter finds the following statement of the case prefixed . to the opinion: of the. court, as delivered by Mr. Justice Datíiel. This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the 9th Circuit and Southern District of Mississippi. The facts of this case, so far as it is necessary to set them forth, are as follows : — On the 25th of June, 1838, A. G. Creath, together with William N. Pinkard (who signed himself as principal), John I. Guión, and Samuel Mason, executed their promissory noté to the appellee, as administrator of John C. Ridley, for the sum of ‡…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.’ Justice DANIEL,
after having read the (Statement of the case prefixed to. this report, proceeded to deliver the opinion of the court.
In' reviewing the grounds relied on by the complainant as the foundation of his claim to relief, the second and third, being coinci-. dent with the order ■ and progress of the transactions between the parties as stated in the bill, and evincing especially the circumstances and the attitude under which this approach to a court of equity hás been made, will be first considered, and this examination will be premised by,stating the following principles of equity…
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