Legal Opinion
Black v. Scott
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Virginia
Decided June 30, 1828PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In equity. A statement of the facts, and of the statute of Virginia, essential to the elucidation of the various points discussed and settled in the following opinion, is embodied in the above caption. On the 30th of June, 182S, the chief justice delivered his opinion as follows:
MARSHALL, Circuit Justice.
This is an application on the part of John Forbes, executor of William L. Myers, for an order that he shall receive the amount of his claim, which has been established by a decree of the court of chancery of the state, out of the proceeds of the real estate of John Lesslie, deceased, which…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Benson v. Le RoyNew York Court of Chancery · 1820
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- Ellithorpe v. Judges of Superior CourtNew York Supreme Court · 1890
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