Smith v. Richards
Supreme Court of the United States
ON appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States fur the southern district of New York. The. case is fully stated in the. opinion of the Court: It was. argued by Mr. Patton and Mr. Webster, with whom was Mr. Botts, .and'Mr. Ogden; for the appellant; and.by Mr. Berry and Mr. Crittenden for the appellee.
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ON appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States fur the southern district of New York. The. case is fully stated in the. opinion of the Court: It was. argued by Mr. Patton and Mr. Webster, with whom was Mr. Botts, .and'Mr. Ogden; for the appellant; and.by Mr. Berry and Mr. Crittenden for the appellee. In the Circuit Court for the southern district of New York, a bill was filed by Guy Richards, for the purpose of rescinding a contract, made by the appellee with William R. Smith, for the purchase of a ' part of the Goochland gold mine in the state of Virginia, the contract being' alleged…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barbour
This cáse comes before us,-by appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the southern district of' New York. '
■ I' was a suit in equity, brought by, the appellee against the appellant, to set- aside,a contract for fraud.. It appears that in December 1832, a tract of land, embracing a gold mine, called the Goochland-mine, lying in .the-county of Goochland, Virginia, was purchased by-the appellant, one-third .for himself, and two-thirds for Nathaniel Richards, of the city of New York, at the price of about $14,000. In May, 1833, the appellant sold One-half of his third to Nathaniel Richards,…
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