Legal Opinion
Mead v. Ballard
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 15, 1869PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
74 U.S. 290
19 L.Ed. 190
7 Wall. 290
MEAD
v.
BALLARD.
December Term, 1868
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Wisconsin.
Mead brought ejectment in the court below against Ballard to recover certain land which the ancestor of him (Mead) had conveyed for a full consideration, on the 7th September, 1847, to Amos Lawrence, of Boston, in fee. The deed contained the usual covenants of warranty, and also a clause expressed in these words:
'Said land being conveyed upon the express understanding and condition that the Lawrence Institute of Wisconsin, chartered by the legislature of said Territory, shall be…
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2Cases cited1 opinion
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