Gue v. Tide Water Canal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States, sitting in equity, for the district of Maryland. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. The canal company had made a deed of trust, which was attacked as fraudulent, and defended by Mr. Dobbin, but the arguments upou that point will be passed over.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States, sitting in equity, for the district of Maryland. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. The canal company had made a deed of trust, which was attacked as fraudulent, and defended by Mr. Dobbin, but the arguments upou that point will be passed over. Upon the question of selling the franchise under a fieri facias, the counsel for the appellant said : The question then is, whether land held in fee by a company for a canal and its-appurtenances can be seized- and sold, not by piecemeal, but so that the purchaser will take…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
"It appears from'the record in this case that a judgment was 'obtained by Robert Gue,the appellant, against'the Tide Water Canal Company, in the Circuit Court of the United States'for the district of Maryland, upon which he issued a fieri facias, and the marshal seized and advertised for sale a house and lot, sundry canal locks, a wharf, and sundry other lots; all of which property, it is admitted, belonged to the Canal Company in fee.
The Cañal Company thereupon filed their bill in .the Circuit Court, praying an injunction to prohibit the sale of this property under the fieri facias. The…
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