Carson v. Hyatt
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
The records in these cases show that William A. Carson, a citizen of South Carolina, died on the 17th of August, 1856, leaving a will by which he devised the bulk of his property, real and personal, to his executors, Alexander Robertson and John F. Blackloek, substantially in trust for his widow, Caroline Cai’son, and his sons, William Carson and James P. Carson, but with a power of sale in the executors. Under these circumstances the executors sold a plantation known as “ Dean Hall ” to Elias N. Ball, and for the unpaid purchase money he; on the 2d of March, 1857, executed his bonds…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Meyer v. Construction CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Stone v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- McBurney v. CarsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Pullman Palace Car Co. v. SpeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Robertson v. CarsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
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- Carson v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. McCabeSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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