Neves v. Scott
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Georgia. It was argued at December term, 1849, and is reported in 9 How. 196. It being suggested afterwards that, at the time when the case was argued and decided, Richard Rowell, the principal-defendant, was dead, the judgment was stricken out and the cause argued again. 1st. The marriage contract is executory; it conveys no titles, and creates no trusts, nor does it impair or abridge the…
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Georgia. It was argued at December term, 1849, and is reported in 9 How. 196. It being suggested afterwards that, at the time when the case was argued and decided, Richard Rowell, the principal-defendant, was dead, the judgment was stricken out and the cause argued again. 1st. The marriage contract is executory; it conveys no titles, and creates no trusts, nor does it impair or abridge the rights of the husband during the continuance of the coverture. 2 Story’s Eq. Jur. sects. 1, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383. Clancy…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Curtis
This case came on to be heard at the December term, 1849, and was argued by counsel. The decision of the court is reported in 9 How. 196, under the name of William Neves and James C. Neves, appellants, v. William F. Scott and Richard Rowell. At the present term, it was suggested to the court, that at. the time when the cause was argued and decided, Richard Rowell, the principal party defendant in interest, was dead; and thereupon proceedings took place which made his representatives parties,- and the decree heretofore entered was stricken out, the cause brought forward, and again heard at the…
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