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JENKINS ET AL. v. PYE ET AL.

37 U.S. 241 (1838)

12 Pet. 241

JOHN J. JENKINS AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS v. SARAH M. PYE AND EDWARD ARELL PYE, INFANTS, BY JAMES B. PYE, THEIR FATHER AND NEXT FRIEND, APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The defendants appealed to this Court. The case was argued by Mr. Robert I. Brent and Mr. Jones for the appellants, and by Mr. Simmes, and Coxe for the appellees.

Mr. Brent contended,

Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes up on appeal from the circuit court of the District of Columbia, for the county of Alexandria. The appellees were the complainants in the court below; and as heirs at law of their mother, Eleanor Jenkins, filed their bill, by their father, James B. Pye, as next friend, to set aside a deed given by their mother to George Jenkins, her father, bearing date...

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