MacKall v. Casilear
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Brooke Mackall, Jr., filed his bill of complaint in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on the first day of June, 1885, against George W. Casilear and wife ; Leonard Mackall and wife; Don Barton Mackall, Benjamin Mackall; Louise Owens and husband ; Catherine Christy and husband; Edmund Brand and Mary E. Keller; alleging that Leonard, Don.
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Brooke Mackall, Jr., filed his bill of complaint in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on the first day of June, 1885, against George W. Casilear and wife ; Leonard Mackall and wife; Don Barton Mackall, Benjamin Mackall; Louise Owens and husband ; Catherine Christy and husband; Edmund Brand and Mary E. Keller; alleging that Leonard, Don. Barton and Benjamin were his brothers, and Louise Owens and Catherine Christy his sisters, all being the sole surviving children of Brooke Mackall, Sr., and Martha Mack-all, his wife; and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
Apart from the prayers for process, an account, and for general relief, the specific relief sought is, that the two deeds of B. Mackall, .Sr.., trustee, and Louis Brand, trustee, to Joseph B. Hill be' decreed to be null and void, together with all deeds, written instruments, and claims of title whatever derived through the same, and that complainant be adjudged to be the owner of the property free and clear from all claims and •demands of the defendants or either of them.
The deed of complainant to Mackall, Senior, was dated May 5,1866, and recorded June 5, 1867. The deed of Mackall to Hill…
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