Bayley v. Greenleaf
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. This suit was brought by the appellant in the Circuit Court, for the county of Washington, for the purpose of subjecting a tract of land, lying within that county, which was sold by the plaintiif, Bayley, to the defendant, Greenleaf, to the payment ofso much of the purchase money as still remains due.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. This suit was brought by the appellant in the Circuit Court, for the county of Washington, for the purpose of subjecting a tract of land, lying within that county, which was sold by the plaintiif, Bayley, to the defendant, Greenleaf, to the payment ofso much of the purchase money as still remains due. It appeared by the proceedings in the cause that in the year 1792 William Bayley, purchased from William B. Worman, the land which is the subject of this suit, which he afterwards sold to James Greenieaf, to whom the title was made' by…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
delivered the, opinionof the Court, and after stating the facts, proceeded as follows:
In opposition to the claim of the plaintiffs, it is alleged by the defendants, that the debt of Bayley has been discharged. As they have not succeeded in supporting this allegation, it will be necessary to inquire whether, in such a case as this, the plaintiffs can assert a lien on the land sold by Bayley to Greenleaf, for so much of the purchase money as remains due.
It is contended for the defendants, that as the legal title to the estate was never in Bayley, he never had a lien upon ft for the purchase…
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