BOONE v. THE MISSOURI IRON COMPANY


58 U.S. 340 (1854)

17 How. 340

LEVI D. BOONE, ADMINISTRATOR OF JESSE B. THOMAS, DECEASED, AND THE HEIRS OF J.B. THOMAS, COMPLAINANTS AND APPELLANTS, v. THE MISSOURI IRON COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Britton A. Hill, for the respondents, no counsel appearing for the appellant.


Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Missouri.

The bill prays the specific execution of a contract between Thomas and the Missouri Iron Company, dated 15th August, 1839, which requires the defendants to give up and cancel the notes of Thomas to Nancy Bullett, for $10,000, dated 2d November, 1836; to pay a debt due to...

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