MAXWELL v. KENNEDY ET AL.


49 U.S. 210 (1850)

8 How. 210

JOHN MAXWELL, ADMINISTRATOR DE BONIS NON OF ROBERT MAXWELL, DECEASED, APPELLANT, v. JOSEPH S. KENNEDY, JESSE CARTER, MARY L. CARTER, HIS WIFE, DANIEL E. HALL AND DELPHINE HALL, HIS WIFE, AND MARTHA KENNEDY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Dargan and Mr. Bibb, for the appellant, and by Mr. Sherman, for the appellees.

Mr. Dargan, for appellant.

Mr. Charles E. Sherman, for defendants.


Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The facts stated in the bill are admitted by the demurrer, and the only question is whether the complainant is entitled to relief in a court of equity, when so many years have elapsed, since the judgment was obtained against the father of the defendants.

The judgment was rendered in South Carolina on the 10th of November, 1797, and this bill was filed against...

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