Walworth v. Kneeland
Supreme Court of the United States
This case'was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin, by a writ of eryor issued under the 25th section of the judiciary act. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case is brought before us by a writ of error directed to the Supreme Court of the State,of Wisconsin.
A bill in equity was filed in the Milwaulde District Court of that State by Gustavus A. Foster, against Walworth, the plaintiff in error, to obtain the specific performance of a contract for the conveyance of a certain quarter section of land described in the bill. The contract under which'.the complainant claims is set out in the bill; and, as he alleges, was made by Walworth with a certain Jonathan E. Arnold; that the land in question had at that time been surveyed by the government,…
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