King and Others v. Hamilton and Others
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the circuit court of Ohio. In the circuit court for the district of Ohio, James Hamilton, James Strickerand Frances his wife, late Frances Hamilton, heirs at law of Alexander Hamilton and others, grantees of Alexander Hamilton, filed a bill for a specific' performance of a contract entered into between Elisha King, the father of John W. King, one of the appellants, and Alexander Hamilton, on the 8th of February .1815, for the sale of certain lands in the state of…
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APPEAL from the circuit court of Ohio. In the circuit court for the district of Ohio, James Hamilton, James Strickerand Frances his wife, late Frances Hamilton, heirs at law of Alexander Hamilton and others, grantees of Alexander Hamilton, filed a bill for a specific' performance of a contract entered into between Elisha King, the father of John W. King, one of the appellants, and Alexander Hamilton, on the 8th of February .1815, for the sale of certain lands in the state of Ohio within the Virginia military district, between the little Miami and the Scioto river. The contract was in the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
delivered the opinion.of the Court.
This case, comes up on appeal from the circuit court of the United States, for the seventh circuit, in the district of Ohio.
The bill, in the court below, was filed for the purpose of obtaining the specific execution of a contract entered into he.tween Elisha King, the father of John W. King, and Alexander Hamilton, the father of James Hamilton; and also to enjoin all-further proceedings at law on a judgment in an action of ejectment, obtained by John W. King for the recovery of possession .of a part of the land alleged to have been comprised within the…
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