Sharps' Rifle Manufacturing Co. v. Rowan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in equity, brought to the superior court in Hartford county, to compel the conveyance of certain real estate standing in the name of the respondent. The land in question had been mortgaged by Robbins & Lawrence to Charles Pox and John Henderson, of London, England, and by them conveyed to the respondent with an assignment of the mortgage and the mortgage debt, and the respondent had foreclosed Robbins & Lawrence, and was in possession.
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Bill in equity, brought to the superior court in Hartford county, to compel the conveyance of certain real estate standing in the name of the respondent. The land in question had been mortgaged by Robbins & Lawrence to Charles Pox and John Henderson, of London, England, and by them conveyed to the respondent with an assignment of the mortgage and the mortgage debt, and the respondent had foreclosed Robbins & Lawrence, and was in possession. Sharps’ Rifle Manufacturing Company, the petitioners, claimed a certain equitable interest in the property, and sought by the bill to enforce their…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, C. J.
This is a bill in chancery to compel a conveyance of certain real estate situated in the state of Connecticut, brought against Henry S. Rowan, the sole respondent, in whom the title stands upon the public records. The respondent denies the jurisdiction of the court over him, and over the subject matter, on the ground, set up in his plea, “ that he has not and never has had any personal interest whatever in said property, but holds the same, and originally took and has ever since held the same, solely as the representative of the British Government, a foreign sovereignty, and that the British…
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