Hubbs v. Bancroft

Bill in chancery by the defendants in error against the plaintiffs in error. The object of the suit was to subject a part of lot No. 61, in the city of Madison, to the payment of a judgment at law against Benjamin and Joseph Hubbs. Benjamin Hubbs, Charles W. Basnet and Charles Fox answered. The other defendants, viz., David H. While, Edward Warner and Joseph Warner, (who were partners under the name of David H. White & Co.) Samuel Bespham and James F. D. Lanier, were defaulted.

The facts are, substantially, as follows:

On the 6th of March, 1836, Basnet, by deed in fee, conveyed the lot in…