Robison v. Codman
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
This was a bill in equity, brought to determine the respective rights and interests of the several parties, plaintiffs and defendants, in certain lots of land in Portland, under the circumstances set forth in the bill. The bill was substantially as follows, those parts of it being omitted which are' not necessary to a correct understanding of the points submitted by the parties, and decided by the court.
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This was a bill in equity, brought to determine the respective rights and interests of the several parties, plaintiffs and defendants, in certain lots of land in Portland, under the circumstances set forth in the bill. The bill was substantially as follows, those parts of it being omitted which are' not necessary to a correct understanding of the points submitted by the parties, and decided by the court. Thomas Robison, senior, ancestor of the plaintiffs, a citizen of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident in Portland, being seised and possessed of large estates in fee, and of large…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
This case having come on to be heard by consent of the parties upon the bill and answer, and having been submitted without argument, the object of all the parties being to obtain a decree upon the merits, I consider all objections as to the want of parties, and all formal objections whatsoever as waived. I am not certain, however, that I have a complete understanding of all the points intended to be raised by the parties. But, as far as I comprehend them, I shall proceed to state what I ‘consider the legal results in a very brief manner.
The first question is, whether,…
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