Graves v. Coutant
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree advised by the master, Henry C. Pitney, esq., who stated orally the following reasons for the decree: This is a bill filed by Eburn H. Coutant against Eliza Annette Graves, seeking to charge certain lands of the defendant, in the county of Hudson, and also all proceeds of those lands—such of them as have been sold—in the hands of the defendant, for the purpose of paying a judgment recovered by Mr. Coutant, in the supreme court of the state of Hew…
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On appeal from a decree advised by the master, Henry C. Pitney, esq., who stated orally the following reasons for the decree: This is a bill filed by Eburn H. Coutant against Eliza Annette Graves, seeking to charge certain lands of the defendant, in the county of Hudson, and also all proceeds of those lands—such of them as have been sold—in the hands of the defendant, for the purpose of paying a judgment recovered by Mr. Coutant, in the supreme court of the state of Hew York, against Rosewell Graves the husband of Eliza Annette Graves. The facts upon which the complainant founds his equity…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Soudder, J.
The complainant’s bill was filed to enforce a vendor’s lien for part of the purchase-money of lands at Bergen Neck, in the county of Bergen (now in the city of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson) and state of New Jersey. By two several deeds, dated January 10th, 1853, and January 13th, 1853, respectively, the complainant conveyed these lands to Roswell Graves, the husband of the defendant. Judgment for a balance of the purchase-money was obtained by Eburn H. Coutant, the complainant, against Roswell Graves, in the supreme court of the state of…
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