Byers v. Surget
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from tbe Circuit Court of the United States for tbe eastern district of Arkansas, sitting in equity. It was a bill filed by Surget, a citizen of Mississippi, to set aside a sale made under the circumstances, which are fully stated in the. opinion of the court. Thé Circuit . Court decreed that the purchase of the lands by Byers was fraudulent and void, and ordered the sale to he set aside. Byers appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
The appellee, Francis Surget, a citizen of the State of Mississippi, instituted his suit in equity in the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Arkansas, against the appellant, the object of which suit was to annul as fraudulent and vóid a sale of lands belonging to the appellee, made by the sheriff of Jackson, in Arkansas, on the 18th of May, 1846. These lands, situated in the county and State above mentioned, are described in the pleadings according to the public surveys, amounting to more than fourteen thousand acres, and estimated in value at from forty or seventy…
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