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HUGHES v. EDWARDS

22 U.S. 489 (1824)

9 Wheat. 489

HUGHES and others, Appellants, v. EDWARDS and Wife, Respondents.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 28, 1824.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

This cause was argued by Mr. Clay,a for the appellants, and by Mr. Wickliffe, for the respondents.

Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a decree in equity of the Circuit Court for the district of Kentucky. Edwards and wife, the plaintiffs in the Court below, filed their bill in that Court, on the 8th of June, 1816, in which they charge, that the female plaintiff, before her coverture, advanced, by way of loan, to James Hughes, her brother, the sum of £770 2s. 4d., for which he gave his bond, bearing date the 10th...

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