Mattingly v. Nye
Supreme Court of the United States
Nye, a man not very provident, bought a city lot of no great value in Washington, with some money that he had, and on the 25th June, 1857, had it conveyed in trust for his wife and children, to one Harkness as trustee.
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Nye, a man not very provident, bought a city lot of no great value in Washington, with some money that he had, and on the 25th June, 1857, had it conveyed in trust for his wife and children, to one Harkness as trustee. The purchase and conveyance in trust was made, as ifs seems by Harkness’s own account of it, by Nye at the suggestion of Harkness, “ who, living in the neighborhood of Nye, and having frequent opportunities of seeing the destitution and need of the family, and the infirm and broken health of the wife, interested himself in securing a home for herself and children, proposed a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
This is an appeal in chancery from the decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The case as disclosed in the record-is as follows: On the 10th of June, 1863, the complainant recovered a judgment at law against {he defendant, J. W. Nye, for $2450, with interest from the 21st of July,. 1860, until paid, and costs; a fi. fa. was ;ssued and returned nulla bona. The defendant has no property liable to execution. On the 25th of June, 1857, Nye bought and paid for the property described in the bill. It was conveyed by deed of that date to the defendant, Harkness, in trust for Mary…
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