Vaughan v. Northup
Supreme Court of the United States
ON appeal from the Circuit’ Court of the United Spates for Alexandria; in the District of Columbia. . A bill was filed on the. equity §ide of the Circuit.
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ON appeal from the Circuit’ Court of the United Spates for Alexandria; in the District of Columbia. . A bill was filed on the. equity §ide of the Circuit. Court ■of the District of Columbia, stating that ..the complainants are the next of kin and distributees of Janies Moody, deceased, who resided in Kentucky at .the time of hjs death: that the defendant, Northup, took out letters of administration on the estate of said Moody, in the proper court in Kentucky, and by virtue of said letters claimed and received from the government of the United States a -large sum of money, to wit, fifty-two…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
Court.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, sitting for- the county .of- Washington, dis missing a bill in equity, brought by the appellants against the appellees.
The facts, so far as they ar& necessary to be stated upon the present occasion, are, that one James Moody, an inhabitant of Kentucky, died in that state about the year 1802, intestate, without leaving any children; that in May or June, 1833, the defendant, Northup,. obtained letters of administration upon ,his estate from the proper Court of Jefferson county, in Kentucky; and afterwards…
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