Legal Opinion

Friederichsen v. Renard

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 3, 1918No. 270PublishedCited by 152 opinions

CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke

On March 12, 1908, the petitioner, Friederichsen, contracted in writing to exchange land which he owned in Nebraska for land in Virginia owned by the respondent, Mary C. Gilmore, who in the transaction acted through her agent, Edward Renard, the decedent of the respondent G. H. Renard. We shall refer to the parties as they were in the courts below, Friederichsen as plaintiff, and Gilmore and Renard as defendants.

On September 22, 1908, Friederichsen filed a bill in equity in the United States Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska, praying for a decree cancelling the contract and the deed…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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3Cited by152 opinions

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