Field v. Holland
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court for the district of Georgia, in. a chancery suit, in which Field,' Hunt, ’Eajd°r and Robeson, were complainants, and Holland, Melton, Tigner, Smith, Cox and Dougherty, were defendants, ^he decree of the court below dismissed' the bill as to all the defendants.
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ERROR to the circuit court for the district of Georgia, in. a chancery suit, in which Field,' Hunt, ’Eajd°r and Robeson, were complainants, and Holland, Melton, Tigner, Smith, Cox and Dougherty, were defendants, ^he decree of the court below dismissed' the bill as to all the defendants. The bill stated that, on the 21st of July, 1787, Micajah Williamson obtained from the state of Georgia a grant of 12,500 acres in Franklin county, in that state the 9th of July, 1788, Williamson conveyed to Szveepson, who, on. the 23d of July, 1792, conveyed to Ccw, who, on the 3d of September, 1794, conveyed…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court as follows ':
In this case some objections have been made te the regularity of the proceedings in the circuit court, which will be considered before the merits of the controversy are discussed.'
In May term, 1803, the following order was made.
“*By consent of parties, it is agreed, that William Wallace, Jame.-j Wallace and John Cumming, or any two of them, be appointed auditors, who-shall have power to examine all papers and documents relative to payments made by Zachariah Cox, in satisfaction of judgments obtained by said Holland against said…
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