Mendenhall v. Hall
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM' THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA'. By a deed executed December 24,1875, John H. Mendenhall and wife, citizens of Ohio, conveyed to Clark N. Hall, a resident of Louisiana, an undivided one-fourth of certain lands in Carroll parish in that State, known as the Concord plantation.
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APPEAL FROM' THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA'. By a deed executed December 24,1875, John H. Mendenhall and wife, citizens of Ohio, conveyed to Clark N. Hall, a resident of Louisiana, an undivided one-fourth of certain lands in Carroll parish in that State, known as the Concord plantation. The price agreed to be paid was $5123, for which the vendee executed to the grantor his three promissory notes, the first one for $2000, payable January^, 1877; the second for a like sum, payable January 1, 1878 ; and the third for $1123, payable January 1, 1879';…
1Opinion of the Court
He. Justice IIaelaN,
after stating the facts as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.
It is suggested that no appeal has been taken' as to Charles F‘. Hall, and that this court is without jurisdiction over the cause as to him. In this view we do not concur. The cause was not finally disposed of as to Clark N. Hall, the remaining defendant, until the 14th of April, 1886, and on the 30th day of the same month the plaintiff was allowed an appeal “in the cause.” His appeal bond was executed September 9, 1886, and ran “ to the defendants.” The record was filed here on the 12th of…
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