Le Roy v. Beard
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The facts of the case were these.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The facts of the case were these. On the 31st of August, 1836, Jacob Le Roy and Charlotte D. Le Roy, citizens of the State of New York, executed the following power of attorney: — “ Know all men by these presents, that we, Jacob Le Roy and Charlotte D. Le Roy, his wife, of the town of Le Roy, in the county of Genesee, and State of New York, have constituted and appointed, and by these presents do constitute and appoint, Elisha Starr, of the same place, our true and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodbury
This was an action of assumpsit for money had and received; and also counting specially, that, on the I7th of November, 1836, the original defendant, Le Roy, in consideration of $ 1,800 then paid to him by the original plaintiff, Beard, caused to be made to the latter, at Milwaukie, Wisconsin, a conveyance, signed by Le Roy and his wife, Charlotte. This conveyance was of a certain lot of land situated in Milwaukie, and contained covenants that they were seized in fee of the lot, and had good right to convey the same. Whereas it was averred, that, in truth, they were not so seized, nor…
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