Hammer v. Gordon
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Suit by Isabel J. Gordon against William A. Hammer and wife. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
Pursuant to a contract Isabel J. Gordon conveyed to William A. Hammer a piece of real estate situated in Washington. Some two months thereafter she instituted this suit against him and his wife, Eleanor Tingley Hammer, in which she prayed that the deed be canceled and the defendants required to re-convey the property to her. From a decree granting the relief sought, ttys Hammers appeal.
The property in question was valued at about $7,000. At the time of the transfer in June, 1917, it was incumbered with a first trust for $4,500, and a second in the sum of $274.30; also…
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