Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive Works
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the Court 1
93 U.S. 664
23 L.Ed. 1003
HERVEY ET AL.
v.
RHODE ISLAND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS.
October Term, 1876
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The courts look to the purpose of the parties; and, if that purpose be to give the vendor a lien on the property until payment in full of the purchase-money, it is liable to be defeated by creditors of the vendee who is in possession of it.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois.
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On the twenty-first day of August, 1871, the Rhode Island Locomotive Works entered into a contract with J. Edwin Conant & Co., as follows:——
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'This agreement, made this twenty-first…
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