Swift v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
delivered the opinion of the court., The appellants complain of the depree of (he Circuit Court because it adjudged that the complainant, Janet Smith, as administratrix of David Smith, deceased, had a lien on the lots described in the bill, by virtue of the deed of trust purporting to have been made by George N. Williams to Obadiah Jack* son on the first day of October, 1868, and because it adjudged that lien to be prior to the lien in favor of Joseph Swift and Edwin Swift, and that in favor of Elizabeth' Carroll and Ellen Carroll. There are-other objections to the decree, but the two…
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