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RICHARDS ET AL. v. HOLMES ET AL.

59 U.S. 143 (1855)

18 How. 143

EDWARD C. RICHARDS, ISAAC BASSETT, AND ROBERT W. ABORN, COMPLAINANTS AND APPELLANTS, v. SYLVANUS HOLMES, A.H. HARPER, GEORGE A. DWIGHT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Bibb, for the appellants, and by Mr. Fendall and Mr. Tracy, for the appellees. There was also a brief filed by Mr. Bradley, as counsel for Southworth, Litchfield, and Beach.

Mr. Justice CURTIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court for the District of Columbia. The appellants filed their bill in that court to set aside a sale, made to satisfy a prior incumbrance on land, upon which they claimed to have a second incumbrance. In the court below, some question appears to have been made concerning the priority of the incumbrances; but none is made...

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