Baldwin v. Reynolds
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Suit in equity by Isabella C. Baldwin against Mary A. Reynolds and others. Complainant appeals. A large tract of timber land in Rowan county, Ky., was sold by William II.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Suit in equity by Isabella C. Baldwin against Mary A. Reynolds and others. Complainant appeals. A large tract of timber land in Rowan county, Ky., was sold by William II. Baldwin, l'is wife, Isabella, joining in the deed, on June 26, 1895, to Thomas J. Reynolds for $30,000, $5,000 of which was paid in cash and the balance was evidenced by eight promissory notes as follows: All of the notes were dated -July 1, 3895, with interest at 6 per cent, payable January 1st, and July 1st, of each year, to the order…
1Opinion of the CourtHollister, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The case turns on the contract of June 22, 1899, between Mrs. Baldwin, by her attorney, J. F. Baldwin, and Thomas J. Reynolds, by which he or the person or corporation he might name agreed to pay for the last five of his notes aggregating $16,000 and $330 interest, the sum of $10,330, she retaining the notes as collateral security. Mrs. Baldwin denies its binding force on the ground that it is an executory agreement, the terms of which were not complied with by Reynolds, or any one for him or in his stead. She repudiates also the agreement of May 13, 1903,…
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