Bedford v. Eastern Building and Loan Assn.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. This suit was brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee by respondent to foreclose a mortgage executed by petitioners. A decree was entered in favor of the 'respondent. 88 Fed. Rep. 7. There was an appeal taken to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. From that court the case came here on certificate.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. This suit was brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee by respondent to foreclose a mortgage executed by petitioners. A decree was entered in favor of the 'respondent. 88 Fed. Rep. 7. There was an appeal taken to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. From that court the case came here on certificate. Subsequently .a writ of certiorari was issued. The following are some of the material facts contained in the statement of the Circuit Court of Appeals.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKeNna
The assignments of error, except one, present the question of the enforceability of the notes and mortgage under the Tennessee law, or, as the question may be put, whether there was a contract between the parties — a right in one and an obligation in the other - arising from a consideration given and received ; mutual covenants by which each party acquired the right to that which the other promised or engaged to do, and whether the laws of Tennessee, as interpreted by its courts, impaired that right ?(1) A recapitulation of the facts in this connection will be useful. The Eastern Building and…
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