Hovey v. Elliott
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The facts out of which this controversy grows are fully stated in Hovey v. McDonald, 109 U. S. 150, but we briefly reiterate those which are material to an understanding of the issues now presented.
A. R. McDonald, a British subject, obtained an award from the Mixed Commission appointed under the treaty of 1871 for the settlement of the “Alabama claims.” 17 Stat. 863. Before the payment of the award, two suits in equity were commenced in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against McDonald and one William White, to whom it was asserted McDonald had made a fraudulent assignment of his…
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