EDMONDS ET AL. v. CRENSHAW


39 U.S. 166 (1840)

14 Pet. 166

JEFFERSON L. EDMONDS AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, vs. ANDERSON CRENSHAW, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Key, for the appellants. No counsel appeared for the appellee.


Mr. Justice M`LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Alabama.

The complainants, who represent themselves to be the devisees of Aaron Cates, deceased, who, on the 7th of February, 1816, made his will in which he required all his estate, both real and personal, to be sold at public auction, by his executors, on a credit of one, two, and three years; the purchaser to give two good freehold securities and a mortgage...

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