Moore v. Greene
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Rhode Island, sitting as a court of equity.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Rhode Island, sitting as a court of equity. The hill was filed by Elizabeth Moore, a citizen of thé State .' of Hew York, the great-grandchild of John Mantón, of Rhode Island,’ who died in 1767. - It alleged a series of frauds, beginning in 1757, when one of his sons-in-law prevailed upon him by fraud to make a deed; then that his three sohs-in-law conspired together to have him declared non compos mentis.; then that they fraudulently set aside his will; then that one of his sons-in-láw cheated his own children…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAJST
delivered the. opinion of the court.
This is an appeal in chancery from the. Circuit Court for the district of Rhode Island.
The bill was filed to set aside certain titles for frauds alleged to have been committed in the year 1767, by a father against his own children, for the benefit of strangers. The frauds are stated to have been investigated and sanctioned, directly or indirectly, by the court of probate, by referees chosen by the parties to determine their matters of controversy, and by the highest courts, of the State-
The legal history of the case commences in July, 1767, by the…
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