United States v. Williams

McLEAN, Circuit Justice.

This is a bill to foreclose a mortgage. On the 27th of June. 1812, the defendant executed four several bonds, each for $800, payable annually, with interest. To secure the payment of these bonds a mortgage was executed on 267 23-100 acres, on the purchase of which from the United States, the above bonds were given as the consideration. This bill was filed on the 7th of February, 1844. At the June term of this court, 1845, the cause was continued to give him an opportunity to obtain the action of congress on defendant’s claim for damages committed by the United States…