Manning v. Ayers
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The original bill was filed by Marshall Ayers, assignee of Sawyer, Wallace & Co., and by his assignors, ¿gainst Michael W. Manning, Cliarles Carroll, and others, to determine conflicting claims and interests in certain lands.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The original bill was filed by Marshall Ayers, assignee of Sawyer, Wallace & Co., and by his assignors, ¿gainst Michael W. Manning, Cliarles Carroll, and others, to determine conflicting claims and interests in certain lands. The appellant, Manning, filed a cross bill, to which all parties to the suit were made respondents, asserting and seeking to enforce an interest in the lands by virtue of contracts with Sawyer, Wallace & Co., to whom the lands had belonged. The demurrers thereto of Carroll and of…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). It is insisted for the appellant that, under the supplemental agreement, he has the right to. purchase the lands, and to demand a conveyance of them from Carroll for the. consideration paid by him, or, if that may not be allowed, then for a reasonable price to be determined by the court. It is clear that the appellant would not have right, in any event, to obtain the lands for a consideration to be measured by the amount which they cost Carroll. He procured such title through sales of the land upon executions, and afterwards by composition with the assignee of…
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- Graham v. CallSupreme Court of Virginia · 1817
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