Thompson v. Maxwell
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
delivered the opinion of the court..
In 1859, Alfred Bent and his two sisters, Estefana and Teresina, with their husbands, filed a bill in chancery in the District Court of the Territory of New Mexico for the County of Taos, against Charles Beaubien, Guadalupe Miranda, Lucien B. Maxwell, and José Pley, claiming and alleging that Charles Bent, deceased, the father of Alfred and .his sisters, at the time of his death, was jointly interested with said Beaubien and Miranda, to the extent of one-third part, in a certain specified tract of ■ land in said territory, amounting to two millions of…
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