Hume v. Riggs
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by two of several defendants from a decree in a suit for an injunction against the marshal of the District of Columbia and others.
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Hearing on an appeal by two of several defendants from a decree in a suit for an injunction against the marshal of the District of Columbia and others. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: This is an appeal from a decree enjoining the Marshal of the District of Columbia from retaining in his custody certain goods and chattels, and enjoining him and the appellants, Frank Hume and Timothy D. Daly, from further proceedings against the same by virtue of executions that had been levied thereon under judgments against Caleb W. Spofford. The property consisted of the furniture in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr, Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion of the Court:
1. The first question presented is, whether the deed in trust of December 10, 1877, secured the rents accruing due after the expiration of the first lease? We entirely agree with the learned justice who presided at the hearing that it did not. Its terms, in our opinion, admit of no other conclusion. The stipulated payments of the first lease are specifically recited and expressly secured. There is no mention of renewal or holding over, and no language warranting the inference that this was in contemplation. There is nothing to show that…
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