Richards v. Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
This-wás an appeal from, -the ■ circuit Court, of the "United' States for the District of Columbia; hólderi inland for the county of Washington. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. M.r. Bibb made the following points :— 1. That the noté was dated on the 1st of May, 1846, and payable in two years.
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This-wás an appeal from, -the ■ circuit Court, of the "United' States for the District of Columbia; hólderi inland for the county of Washington. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. M.r. Bibb made the following points :— 1. That the noté was dated on the 1st of May, 1846, and payable in two years. The trustee had no right to sell until the 1st of May, 1848, whereas he sold on the 21st of, October, 1847. 2. The allegation set up that Holmes had verbally agreed with Harper to pay the interest semi-annually, &c., cannot be permitted to vary the deed or enlarge the powers of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Curtis
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court for the District of Columbia. The appellants filed their bill in that court to set aside a sale, made to satisfy a prior incumbrance on land, upon which they claimed to - have a second incumbrance. In the court below, some question appears to have been made concerning the priority of the incumbrances ; but none is made here, it being conceded, that though that claimed by the complainants was the earliest in date, the other was first recorded, and takes precedence. .
The sale in question was made Under a deed of trust, whereby Piolines, the…
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