Munsey v. Groves

Plaintiff brought his bill in equity as Executor setting forth that his testator in his lifetime executed a deed of Maine real estate to defendant, which deed, the plaintiff averred, although duly recorded within a few days, was never delivered to the defendant by the decedent in his lifetime. The prayer of the bill was for injunction to restrain the defendant from disposing of the property. Service of notice in the usual form was made, so the parties stipulate, on the defendant in South Carolina, he being resident thereof. Thereafter counsel for defendant appeared specially and subsequently…