Legal Opinion
Stanley v. Colt
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 18, 1867PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
72 U.S. 119 (____)
5 Wall. 119
STANLEY
v.
COLT.
Supreme Court of United States.
Messrs. W.M. Evarts and C.E. Perkins, for the heirs at law.
Messrs. B.R. Curtis and W.W. McFarlane, contra, for the purchaser.
2Opinion of the Court · NelsonJustice Nelson
This is an action of ejectment by the heirs of William Stanley to recover for breach of condition a tract of land, situate in the city of Hartford, devised by the ancestor to an ecclesiastical society and their successors, on the 7th October, 1786; and one of the principal questions in the case is whether or not the devise was upon a condition, which, when broken, would let in the heir, or was a…
3Cited by116 opinions
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