Legal Opinion

The Bank of the United States v. Peter

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 26, 1839PublishedCited by 7 opinions

ON appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the county of Washington in the District of Columbia.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice M'Lean

delivered, the opinion of the Court.—

This is an appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court,' for the District of Columbia.

The facts out of which the controversy arises are substantially as follows:

At April term, 1822, the Union Bank, of Georgetown, recovered .two judgments against George Peter, amounting, exclusive of costs,to the sum of seven thousand nine hundred and thirty-four dollars.

On the 9th April, 1824, George Peter executed a deed of trust to Thomas Peter and Robert P. Dunlop, which was supposed, at .the time, to include all the real property owned by George Peter within the…

2Cited by7 opinions

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  3. Lafayette Co. v. NeelyUnited States Circuit Court · 1884
  4. Goodrich v. FriedersdorffIndiana Supreme Court · 1866
  5. Fulton v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1854

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