Richards v. MacKall
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE ■ SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This case is the one referred to in the last clause of the opinion of this court in Mackall v. Richards, 112 U. S. 369, 376. In the year 1859, Brooke Mackall, sen., made a verbal gift to his son, Brooke Mackall, jr., of lot 7, in square 223, in the city of Washington; the father, at the time, promising that he -would thereafter make a formal conveyance of the property.
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APPEAL FROM THE ■ SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This case is the one referred to in the last clause of the opinion of this court in Mackall v. Richards, 112 U. S. 369, 376. In the year 1859, Brooke Mackall, sen., made a verbal gift to his son, Brooke Mackall, jr., of lot 7, in square 223, in the city of Washington; the father, at the time, promising that he -would thereafter make a formal conveyance of the property. The son, relying upon such promise, took possession of the lot and commenced the erection of a building thereon, at the southwest corner of New York Avenue and 14th…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice HaelaN
Is appellee entitled to relief in a court of equity in respect to the sale of June 13, 1870? In Badger v. Badger, 2 Wall. 87, 95, it was said that a party who makes an appeal to the conscience of the chancellor should “set forth in his bill specifically what were the impediments to an earlier prosecution of his claim; how he came to be so long ignorant of his rights, and the means used by the respondent to fraudulently keep him in ignorance; and how and when he first came to a knowledge of the matters alleged in his bill; otherwise, the chancellor may justly refuse to consider his case, on…
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