Legal Opinion

Callan v. Statham

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 23, 1860PublishedCited by 14 opinions

This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

The suit below was a creditor’s bill, filed by Statham and others, the appellees, to set aside -a deed made by J. E. Callan and wife to M. P. Callan, on the 16th October, 1854, conveying lot No. 8, in square No. 456, with the improvements, in the city of Washington, and to subject it to the payment of the plaintiffs’ judgments. ■

Judgments .to an amount exceeding $3,000 wer'e recorded against J. P. Callan, 5th May, 1855. The deed was recorded 14th April, 1855.

A second bill was filed- against the same parties and…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Weber v. RothchildOregon Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Wynne v. Boone Boone v. BooneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
  3. Neal v. GregorySupreme Court of Florida · 1882
  4. Miller v. FinnNebraska Supreme Court · 1871
  5. Lowenstein v. ReikesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932

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