Peirsoll v. Elliott
Supreme Court of the United States
.APPEAL from ..the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky. The facts and pleadings are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
This is an appeal from a decree of the court of the United States for the seventh circuit and district of Kentucky, dismissing the plaintiffs bill filed in that court, with costs.
The bill states that the plaintiffs are the heirs and representatives of Sarah G-. Elliott, deceased, who departed this life intestate, seised of a valuable estate in the county of Wood-ford, which descended to them. That in her life time, in the year 1813, James Elliott, her husband, caused a. deed to be made and. recorded, purporting- to be executed by the said Sarah G. and himself,- for the purpose of conveying…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Elliott v. Lessee of PeirsolSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
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