Carter v. Burr
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court. The case was argued at the same time with Carter v. Carusi, 112 U. S. 478, which related to another note secured by the same mortgage.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
The following facts are either conceded by both parties or fully established by the evidence :
On the 29th of May, 1873, Joseph Daniels bought of John E. Carter certain parts of lots 1 and 24, in square 514, of the city of Washington, for which he paid $4,000 cash in hand, and gave his three promissory notes for $4,000 each, payable respectively in one, two and three years from date, with interest at the rate of eight per cent, per annum. The notes were secured on the property by a deed of trust to Dorsey E. W. Carter, trustee. When the first note fell due, in 1874, Daniels was unable to meet…
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