Mason v. Crosby
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
This was a bill in equity, in behalf of Horatio Mason, David Daniels and Amos C. Iceland, against James Crosby and Deodat Barstow. It was filed August 20th, 1841, and alleged, that on the 24th of August, 1835. the respondents were owners of about six thousand acres of land, called the “Munroe Gore,” in- the county of Washington and state of Maine.
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This was a bill in equity, in behalf of Horatio Mason, David Daniels and Amos C. Iceland, against James Crosby and Deodat Barstow. It was filed August 20th, 1841, and alleged, that on the 24th of August, 1835. the respondents were owners of about six thousand acres of land, called the “Munroe Gore,” in- the county of Washington and state of Maine. That about the 1st day of said August, they authorized Joseph Porter and William F. Boynton to give to one Nathaniel Fifield a bond or contract in writing, conditional to convey said gore, on certain terms therein mentioned; and this contract was…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Justice.
It is a mat-ter of regret, that the bills in this case, both the original and supplemental, are not drawn with more precision. Several important matters are alleged only indirectly, and it is unusual that so many others, introduced with directness enough, are not even attempted to be proved. In the answers, also, some things are alleged, which are not responsive to the bill, and much difficulty is caused in settling first what' is duly set out in both, and next what is properly proved of that which is duly set out. But from the whole it is undoubted, that the…
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