SMITH v. RICHARDS


38 U.S. 26 (1839)

13 Pet. 26

WILLIAM R. SMITH, APPELLANT, vs. GUY RICHARDS, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Berry and Mr. Crittenden, for the appellee.


Mr. Justice BARBOUR delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes before us, by appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the southern district of New York.

I was a suit in equity, brought by the appellee against the appellant, to set aside a contract for fraud.

It appears that in December 1832, a tract of land, embracing a gold mine, called the Goochland mine, lying in the county of Goochland, Virginia...

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