Legal Opinion

May v. Sloan

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 18, 1879No. 34PublishedCited by 49 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley

This was a bill in equity filed in the Circuit Court for the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida, by Andrew M. Sloan, against Asa May, to compel the latter to convey to the complainant a certain tract of land situated in Jefferson County,- Florida, known as the Alvin May place, containing about eleven hundred acres; and for an injunction against his attempting to obtain possession of the land pending the suit. The case was removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida, and the appeal is from the decree of that court, rendered in favor of Sloan.

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2Cited by49 opinions

  1. United States v. Robert Gerard HornCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
  2. United States v. Ronald Scott PaulCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
  3. Feeney v. HowardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  4. United States of America, Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Jeffrey A. Johnson, Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
  5. State v. . DixonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939

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