Batchelor v. Brereton
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The question in this case related to the proper distribution of the proceeds of the sale of a parcel of land in lot 9, in square 455, in the city of Washington, under a décree of the (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The question in this case related to the proper distribution of the proceeds of the sale of a parcel of land in lot 9, in square 455, in the city of Washington, under a décree of the (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. William H. Brereton and Samuel Brereton (also hereinafter .called Samuel Brereton, Junior,) being tenants in common of the land, Samuel and Sarah A., his wife, executed to Peter Hannay a deed dated September 29, 1859, of the land in question, with some other land in lot 9, which was duly recorded. The deed named…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued:
The only question involved is that stated by the auditor in his report, and it is easy of solution. Mrs. Brereton was not named in the deed of June 1, 1874. She was not a party to it. She granted nothing by it. Although she signed it, and although the magistrate certified that she was- a party to it, and that she acknowledged it tó be her act and deed, after haying had it fully explained to her, and declared that she had’ willingly signed, sealed and delivered it, and that she wished not to retract it, it is apparent that she was…
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