Legal Opinion

Brown v. Swann

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 15, 1836PublishedCited by 31 opinions

ON appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia in the county of Washington.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne

This is an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia and county of Alexandria.

The bill of the appellees, who were the complainants in the circuit court, is for an injunction to stay further proceedings on a judgment at law, confessed by the appellees to the appellant.

' The bill states that the intestate, William T. Swann, in his life time, in October 1819, proposed to borrow from the appellant 2300 dollars, and pay her for the use of the money at the rate of ten per centum per annum. That, the appellant agreed to the proposition. 1000 dollars were secured…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Berry & Van BeurenNew York Court of Chancery · 1818
  2. Nourse v. GregoryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1823
  3. Ferguson v. WatersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1814

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  4. Michael E. Hubbard v. Environmental Protection Agency, Michael E. Hubbard v. Administrator, Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
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