Sheldon v. Sill
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Michigan, sitting in equity. The appellee was the- complainant in the court below. The, bill was filed to procure satisfaction of a bond, executed by the appellant, Thomas C. Sheldon, and secured by a mortgage on lands in Michigan, executed by him and Eleanor his wife, the other appellant.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Michigan, sitting in equity. The appellee was the- complainant in the court below. The, bill was filed to procure satisfaction of a bond, executed by the appellant, Thomas C. Sheldon, and secured by a mortgage on lands in Michigan, executed by him and Eleanor his wife, the other appellant. The bond and mortgage were dated on the 1st of November, 1838, and were given by the, appellants, then, and.ever since, citizens of the State of Michigan, to Eu-rotas P. Hastings, President of the Bank of Michigan, in trust…
1Opinion of the Court
■ Mr. Justice GRIER
delivered the opinion of the court.
The only question which it will be necessary to notice in this case is, whether the Circuit Court had jurisdiction.
Sill, the complainant below, a- citizen of New York, filed his bill in the Circuit Court of the United States for Michigan, against Sheldon, claiming to recover the amount of a bond and mortgage, which had been assigned to him by Hastings, the President of the Bank of Michigan.-
Sheldon, in his answer, among other things, pleaded that “ the bond and mortgage in controversy, having been originally given by a citizen of Michigan…
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