Robertson v. Chapman
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This appeal brings up for review a decree dismissing a bill brought by the appellant for the purpose, among others, of obtaining a decree setting aside and cancelling of record certain deeds and mortgages alleged to have been made in fraud of his rights.
The principal question in the case is whether the real estate, covered by those deeds and mortgages, was acquired by the appellee Polk in violation of his duty to the appellant.
Ella Y. Davis, a citizen of Maryland, died in 1881, leaving a will, by which Augustine C. Dalrymple was appointed a trustee with power to sell and convey such estate of…
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