Weems v. George
Supreme Court of the United States
This .case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. . The plaintiff in error, and Alexander George, being joint owners of certain real property, made a- partition of it between them on the 14th of January, 1847, by a written act of partition, and the plaintiff in error undertook, and promised to pay, certain promissory notes, made by Alexander George in favor of John McClain Durand, and which were…
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This .case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. . The plaintiff in error, and Alexander George, being joint owners of certain real property, made a- partition of it between them on the 14th of January, 1847, by a written act of partition, and the plaintiff in error undertook, and promised to pay, certain promissory notes, made by Alexander George in favor of John McClain Durand, and which were secured by mortgage on the property described in the act of partition, among which were two notes, one for the sum of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice GB.ÍEB.’
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendants in error brought this suit in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, against Weems, the plaintiff in error, by petition, according to the practice' in the courts’ of that State. They aver, in their petition, that they are aliens, and subjects of the Queen of Great Britain,’ with the exception of two, who were citizens of the State of Illinois; and. that they are the heirs of Alexander George, deceased. That said George, in his lifetime, was owner of a certain island, the undivided…
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