Caldwell v. Carrington's Heirs
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky. Iii January 1821, Sarah Carrington, a citizen of Virginia, Widow and devisee of George Carrington, filed a bill in the circuit court of (lie district of Kentucky, stating, that at October term 1817, of the county court of Halifax county, in the sta.te of Virginia, she, as the devisee, obtained a final decree on the chancery side-of said court, against a certain John R. Williams, heir at law of…
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APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky. Iii January 1821, Sarah Carrington, a citizen of Virginia, Widow and devisee of George Carrington, filed a bill in the circuit court of (lie district of Kentucky, stating, that at October term 1817, of the county court of Halifax county, in the sta.te of Virginia, she, as the devisee, obtained a final decree on the chancery side-of said court, against a certain John R. Williams, heir at law of John Williams, deceased, that he convey to her, his claims, as heir to the said John Williams, to all the military lands…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
delivered 'the opinion of the Court.
This is an appeal from a decree pronounced in the court of the United States for,' the district of Kentucky, directing the appellants to release and convey to the appellees, all the right and title which they hold, jointly or severally, in the tracts of land in the bill mentioned, with special warranty' against themselves.
The bill filed in January 1824, by Sarah Carrington, widow and devisee of George Carrington deceased, claims from the defendants as purchasers from John R. Williams, heir at law of John Williams deceased, who is not an inhabitant of…
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