Legal Opinion

Clark v. Reyburn

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 1, 1869PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the District of Kansas, in a case in which one Iieyburu had filed an amended bill in equity against Jeremiah Clark, and Florinda his wife, and also against one Few, to foreclose a mortgage given by Clark^and wife to him, Rey burn, on certain land then owned by them, and afterwards conveyed by. them to the said Few, in trust for Mrs. Clark, during her life, .and for the children of herself and of her then husband after her death.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne

stated the case, and delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal in equity. Reyburn is the complainant. Florinda Clark and Few only were made defendants by the original bill. She answered. Few filed a plea and demurred. On the 6th of May, 1862, leave was given to the complainant to amend his bill, and leave was given to Mrs. Clark to withdraw her answer. It had been filed as her answer in a former case, and was refiled in this case. The court ordered it to be restored to the files from which it had been taken. The complainant thereupon filed an amended bill whereby Jeremiah Clark was…

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