Williamson v. Beardsley
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of'the United States for the District of Utah. Williamson and others sued Prudence Beardsley and Mary A. Schoppe to set aside and cancel certain orders of sale of the district court of Salt Bake county, Utah, probate division, and executor’s deeds which were ‘executed and delivered pursuant to sales made under such orders.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of'the United States for the District of Utah. Williamson and others sued Prudence Beardsley and Mary A. Schoppe to set aside and cancel certain orders of sale of the district court of Salt Bake county, Utah, probate division, and executor’s deeds which were ‘executed and delivered pursuant to sales made under such orders. The property involved consisted of two tracts of land in Salt Bake City, formerly owned by Jonathan N. Williamson,, who died testate, .and whose will was probated in 1883. The complainants, now appellants, claimed under express devises of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHook, Circuit Judge
The purpose, of the suits was the annulment of the orders of sale of the state court and the deeds of the executor. The suit against Prudence Beardsley was instituted in the court below on March 25, 1902, more than four years and nine months after the saje and the delivery to her of the deed from the executor. The suit against Mary A. Schoppe was instituted March 26, 1902, more than five years after the sale and the delivery to her of the executor’s^ deed.
Among the grounds specified in the demurrers to the bills of complaint were the bar of the statute of limitations and the laches of the…
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