Graffam v. Burgess
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRC HIT OOURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE district of Massachusetts. This was a bill to redeem from a sale of real estate in Massachusetts under an execution issued from one of the State courts. The suit was commenced after the expiration of the . period allowed by the Statutes of that State for redeeming from such a sale. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
' Me. Justice Bradley
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a bill in equity filed on the. 10th of July, 1880, by Christine J.-Burgess, the appellee, against Peter Graff am, Samuel M. Fairfield, Edward B. Newhall, and others, to compel Graffam to deliver up to her certain lands and premises unlawfully held by him (as alleged), and for other and further relief.
The bill alleged • that the complainant had for many years been the owner in fee simple of the premises in question, a house and lot in the town of Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, unencumbered and worth at least $10,000;…
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