Grove v. Brien
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and County of Alexandria. It was a controversy respecting the right to certain .kegs of nails, which were in the hands of William Fowle & Sons, in Alexandria. On the 14th of March, 1843, the following was the position of the several parties who had any concern in the matter.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and County of Alexandria. It was a controversy respecting the right to certain .kegs of nails, which were in the hands of William Fowle & Sons, in Alexandria. On the 14th of March, 1843, the following was the position of the several parties who had any concern in the matter. John McPherson Brien carried on an extensive iron concern upon the waters'of Antieatam Creek, in Maryland,, near the Potomac River above Harper’s Ferry. He was indebted» to Robert Gilmor of Baltimore, to Daniel L. Grove of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of this District, in which a bill was filed by the complainant for the purpose of enforcing the collection of a debt due from John McP. Brien, a non-resident, out of goods belonging to him within the District, in the hands of William Fowle <fc Sons, the consignees. It was defended by Fowle & Sons, on the ground that they had a lien upon the goods. They also set up, that the property was claimed by R. Gilmor, a merchant in Baltimore. The bill was afterwards amended, making Gilmor a defendant, who answered, setting uj> his title to the…
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