Mattingly v. Boyd
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the district of West Tennessee. The bill was filed by Sarah Ann Thorp, but in the course of proceedings her marriage with J. M. Mattingly was' suggested, and the suit thereafter conducted in the names of Mattingly and wife. The-case is stated in the opinion of the court.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the district of West Tennessee. The bill was filed by Sarah Ann Thorp, but in the course of proceedings her marriage with J. M. Mattingly was' suggested, and the suit thereafter conducted in the names of Mattingly and wife. The-case is stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Robinson made the following points: I. That if, when this suit was brought, Bylen had been alive and a citizen of Tennessee, and a party defendant, the plaintiff would not have been barred from'proceeding against him by the statute of 21, Jac. 1, ch. 16,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
Spencer Roane devised to his grand-daughter, Sarah Ann Roane, one thousand dollars. She was a minor, residing in Kentucky; and Joseph N. Bylen, her stepfather, was her guardian. Bylen sued Roane’s executors for the money, and recovered it as guardian. David H. Boyd acted as the agent of Bylen, and received the money in Virginia, and held it as agent. Fayette Roane, the father of Sarah Ann, owed William H. Roane, of Richmond, Virginia, a thousand dollars. Bylen was Fayette Roane’s executor; and William H. sued out a subpoena and filed an attaching creditor’s bill in the Superior Court of…
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