Caldwell v. Taggart
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the district court of the western district of. Virginia. The appellees, who are citizens of Maryland, filed their bill in the court of the United States, for the western district' pf Virginia, in which the material allegations set forth áre, that on the 22d of June 1809, Grizzle Taggart, mother of John Taggart, conveyed to William Copeland Goldsmith and James Caldwell, all her estate , for the .uses and purposes mentioned in the deed exhibited with the bill.
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APPEAL from the district court of the western district of. Virginia. The appellees, who are citizens of Maryland, filed their bill in the court of the United States, for the western district' pf Virginia, in which the material allegations set forth áre, that on the 22d of June 1809, Grizzle Taggart, mother of John Taggart, conveyed to William Copeland Goldsmith and James Caldwell, all her estate , for the .uses and purposes mentioned in the deed exhibited with the bill. A part of the estate so conveyed consisted of a debt due to the said Grizzle from Keller and Foreman of Baltimore, which was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson
The material facts of this case may be thus stated :
Grizzle Taggart, wishing to make provision for the family of her son John Taggart, conveyed a considerable property to one Goldsmith, and the defendant, James Caldwell, to the use of herself for life, then to the joint use of John Taggart and his wife for life, to the. use of the survivor for life, and finally, to be distributed among their children. The children, together with their parents, preferred this bill; The deed bears date the 22d of June 1809, and contains a clause, empowering John and his wife, or the survivor of them, to sell…
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