Legal Opinion

Russell v. Ely

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 15, 1862PublishedCited by 20 opinions

■ Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Wisconsin. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Court. It was argued by

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

This was an action of ejectment in the District Court of'the United States for the District of Wisconsin in which the defendants in error obtained a judgment against the plaintiff in error, for the possession of block 70, of the School Section of the City of Racine.

The legal-title to this block was in David L. Barton, on-the 24th April, 1851, and on that day he made a mortgage deed conveying said block to Eloyd P. Baker, to secure the payment of a note for $1,400, due one year after date, and on the next day, the 24th of the saíne month, he conveyed it in fee to Clifford A. Baker.

The…

2Cited by20 opinions

  1. Shrewsbury v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Stouffer v. HarlanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1903
  3. Krauss Brothers Lumber Co. v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  4. Tweed's CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  5. Arizona & N. M. Ry. Co. v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1913

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