Hallett v. Collins
Supreme Court of the United States
.This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama. The controversy had. its origin in transactions long-anterior to the acquisition of the country by the United States, and involved ¿Iso the discussion of events long afterwards; so .that the^ ease became very complicated, and the record voluminous. Being an appeal in chancery, all the evidence was brought up to this court.
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.This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama. The controversy had. its origin in transactions long-anterior to the acquisition of the country by the United States, and involved ¿Iso the discussion of events long afterwards; so .that the^ ease became very complicated, and the record voluminous. Being an appeal in chancery, all the evidence was brought up to this court. Instead .of giving a narrative of the case, it appears best'to set forth the grounds of complaint in the bill, and .of defence in the answer. The defendant in error, Sidney…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
delivered the opinion of the court.. It will-not bé necessary, in the consideration of this case, to notice partieulárly'the great mass of documents and testimony spread upon the record, further than to state the results as they affect the several points raised by the pleadings and argued by the counsel.
1. The first of these in order is that which relate^ to the sufficiency of the probate of the will of Joseph Collins, under whom the complainant claim's. But as his claim to two thirds of the property in dispute is through his deceased brothers, he is compelled to remove the objection which…
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