Wood v. Mann
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[This was a hill in equity by Josiah Wood; Jr., against Samuel H. Mann, John R. Adams, and others.] In this ease, which bad been, several times before the court [Oases Nos. 17,951, 17,952, and 17,903], a sale of certain real estate, mentioned in the bill and proceedings, having been made by the master, pursuant to a decretal order of the court, the biddings were ordered by the court to be re-opened, by a decretal order of the 9th of December, 1837; and, in pursuance of the…
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[This was a hill in equity by Josiah Wood; Jr., against Samuel H. Mann, John R. Adams, and others.] In this ease, which bad been, several times before the court [Oases Nos. 17,951, 17,952, and 17,903], a sale of certain real estate, mentioned in the bill and proceedings, having been made by the master, pursuant to a decretal order of the court, the biddings were ordered by the court to be re-opened, by a decretal order of the 9th of December, 1837; and, in pursuance of the same order, another sale was had before the master, on the 20th of December, 1837, at which sale Simon O. Hewett became…
1Opinion of the Court
STOKY, Circuit Justice.
The proceedings in this case have been somewhat irregularly conducted; but the substantial merits cannot be open to much controversy. The de-cretal order of the 30th December, 1837, was expressly passed upon the footing of this very security or covenant given by Brown and Andrews for the payment of the purchase-money in fifteen days, the parties being present in the court and offering the security, as the foundation of the decretal order, to be passed upon the petition of Brown for further time to complete his purchase and pay the purchase-money. Now, stripped •of all…
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