Sharon v. Terry
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
In Equity. On demurrer. Bill of revivor by Frederick W. Sharon, executor, against David S. Terry and Sarah Althea Terry, his wife, and bill in the nature of revi-vor and supplement, and to carry decree into execution, by Francis G. Newlands, trustee, against the same.
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In Equity. On demurrer. Bill of revivor by Frederick W. Sharon, executor, against David S. Terry and Sarah Althea Terry, his wife, and bill in the nature of revi-vor and supplement, and to carry decree into execution, by Francis G. Newlands, trustee, against the same. These cases are brought to revive and carry into execution a final decree of this court in the suit of William Sharon v. Sarah Althea Hill, entered as of the 29th day of September, 1885. On the 3d day of October, 1883, William Sharon, a citizen of the state of Nevada, since deceased, instituted, in the circuit court of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Field, Justice,
(after stating the facts as above.) As appears by the statement herewith filed, the decree of this court in the case of William Sharon v. Sarah Althea Hill, entered as of the 29th of September, 1885, adjudged the alleged declaration of marriage between the parties, purporting to be executed on the 25th of August, 1880, to be a forgery, and ordered it to be surrendered and canceled, and enjoined the defendant, and all parties claiming under her, from making any use of the same, as evidence or otherwise, to support any claim advanced under it, as wife of William Sharon, or to any…
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