Jackson v. Ashton
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States for the Pennsylvania district. The principal facts of the case, as stated in the opinion of the court, were as follow:— The appellants, who are the devisees of Maria Goodwin, brought their bill to set aside a bond and mortgage executed by Maria Goodwin, and her trusteé, Kenneth Jewell, to the defendaht, on the 5th of January, 1829, to secure the payment of 3000 dollars.
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APPEAL from the circuit court of the United States for the Pennsylvania district. The principal facts of the case, as stated in the opinion of the court, were as follow:— The appellants, who are the devisees of Maria Goodwin, brought their bill to set aside a bond and mortgage executed by Maria Goodwin, and her trusteé, Kenneth Jewell, to the defendaht, on the 5th of January, 1829, to secure the payment of 3000 dollars. The bill represents that the mortgage was given without consideration; that shortly after the decease of Thomas Goodwin, the husband of Mrs. Goodwin, which took place…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice M'Lean
This suit in chancery is brought before this Court, by an appeal. from the decree of the circuit court of Pennsylvania.
The appellants, who are the devisees of Maria Goodwin, brought their bill to set aside a bond and mortgage executed by Maria Goodwin, and her trustee, Kenneth Jewell, to the defendant, on the 5th of January, 1829, to secure the payment of 3000 dollars. The bill represents that the mortgage was given without consideration ; that shortly after the decease of Thomas Goodwin, the husband of Mrs. Goodwin, which took place in February, 1828, the defendant stated to her that he had…
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