Legal Opinion

Hughes v. Edwards

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 16, 1824PublishedCited by 147 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

22 U.S. 489 (1824)

9 Wheat. 489

HUGHES and others, Appellants,

v.

EDWARDS and Wife, Respondents.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 28, 1824.

This cause was argued by Mr. Clay,[a] for the appellants, and by Mr. Wickliffe, for the respondents.

2Opinion of the Court · WashingtonJustice Washington

This is an appeal from a decree in equity of the Circuit Court for the district of Kentucky. Edwards and wife, the plaintiffs in the Court below, filed their bill in that Court, on the 8th of June, 1816, in which they charge, that the female plaintiff, before her coverture, advanced, by way of loan, to James Hughes, her brother, the sum of £770 2s. 4d.,…

3Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Harden v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1816

4Cited by147 opinions

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  2. Peugh v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Teal v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Willison v. WatkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
  5. Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskeySupreme Court of Alabama · 1840

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