TERRETT & OTHERS v. TAYLOR & OTHERS


13 U.S. 43 (1815)

9 Cranch 43

TERRETT AND OTHERS v. TAYLOR AND OTHERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 17, 1815.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued at last term by JONES, for the Plaintiffs in error, and by E.I. LEE and SWANN, for the Defendants in error.

... JOHNSON, TODD,


STORY, J. delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:

The Defendants not having answered to the bill in the Court below, it has been taken pro confesso, and the cause is therefore to be decided upon the title and equity apparent on the face of the bill.

If the Plaintiffs have shown a sufficient title to the trust property in the present bill, we have no difficulty in holding that they are entitled to the equitable relief prayed for. It will...

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