Lee v. Simpson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCÜIT COURT OF' THE ' UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH. CAROLINA. In equity. Decree dismissing the bill. The plaintiff appealed. The case is stated in the opinion. cited: Sewall x. Wilmer, 132 Mass. 131; Jackson v. Ohew,l% Wheat. 153; Henderson v. Griffin, 5 Pet. 151; Garroll v. 8'afford, 3 How. 441; lame v. Vick, 3 How. 464; Denn v. Boche, 5 B. &. 0. 720; 8. 0. (House of Lords),1 4 Bligh, N. S. 1; Williman v. Holmes, 4 Bich.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCÜIT COURT OF' THE ' UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH. CAROLINA. In equity. Decree dismissing the bill. The plaintiff appealed. The case is stated in the opinion. cited: Sewall x. Wilmer, 132 Mass. 131; Jackson v. Ohew,l% Wheat. 153; Henderson v. Griffin, 5 Pet. 151; Garroll v. 8'afford, 3 How. 441; lame v. Vick, 3 How. 464; Denn v. Boche, 5 B. &. 0. 720; 8. 0. (House of Lords),1 4 Bligh, N. S. 1; Williman v. Holmes, 4 Bich. Eq. 475; Scott v. Burt, 9 Bich. Eq. 358; Aaron v. Beok, 9 Bich. Eq. 411; Wilson v. Gaines, 9 Bich. Eq. 420; Pulliam v. Byrd, 2 Strob. Eq. 134;…
1Opinion of the Court
Mb- Justice Blatchfokd
deliyered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, dismissing the bill of complaint of Isabella Lee, an infant, by her next friend, Gideon Lee, against Richard W. Simpson.
The following are the material facts involved in the case;
On May 13,- 1854, Mrs. Ploride Calhoun was seized and possessed of the tract of land situate in that part of Pickens district- which is now Oconee County, in the' State of South Carolina, on the east side of the Seneca River, known ás the Fort Hill…
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