HEPBURN v. AULD


9 U.S. 262 (1809)

5 Cranch 262

HEPBURN and DUNDAS, plaintiffs in error, v. COLIN AULD, defendants in error; and HEPBURN and DUNDAS, appellants, v. COLIN AULD, appellee.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 14, 1809.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Swann and P.B. Key, for the appellants.

E.J. Lee and C. Lee, for the appellee.


MARSHALL, Ch. J. delivered the opinion of the court as follows, viz.

By the agreement of the 27th of September, 1799, the plaintiffs bound themselves, in the event of not paying, on the 2d of January, in bills of exchange, or money, the amount of the award to be rendered between the parties, to assign and transfer, on that day, to the defendant, a contract they had made with Graham, by which they had sold to him a tract of...

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