Hoyt v. Latham
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. The court stated the case as follows: This was a bill filed by William H. and Edward P. Latham, who are heirs and owners of two-ninths of the estate of their brother Charles E. Latham, against Ashbel H. Barney and' his associates to compel an accounting for the proceeds of the sale of an undivided one thirty-seventh interest in certain lands belonging to the estate of the said Latham, and for a…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. The court stated the case as follows: This was a bill filed by William H. and Edward P. Latham, who are heirs and owners of two-ninths of the estate of their brother Charles E. Latham, against Ashbel H. Barney and' his associates to compel an accounting for the proceeds of the sale of an undivided one thirty-seventh interest in certain lands belonging to the estate of the said Latham, and for a decree adjudging the plaintiffs -to-be the owners of two-ninths of his interest in the unsold lands, and for a conveyance…
1Opinion of the Court
Me.. Justice BeowN
delivered the opinion of the court.. This case depends upon the validity of the sale made by'the' defendant Barney to himself and his associates of the interest of Charles F. Latham in the lands granted in aid of the construction of the Winona and St. Peter Eailroad Company, and the binding effect of the releases executed by the plaintiffs and the other heirs' of Latham. This sale is attacked upon the ground that it was made by‘Barney, as trustee for the heirs, to himself and his cocontractors in the construction of the road, and for a grossly inadequate price.
It seems that…
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