SHIELDS v. THOMAS ET AL.


59 U.S. 253 (1855)

18 How. 253

JOHN G. SHIELDS, APPELLANT, v. ISAAC THOMAS, AND MARY, HIS WIFE, NANCY PIRTLE, JOHN B. GOLDSBURY, THOMAS STARKS, AND ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE, AND JAMES PICKETT, AND ANN, HIS WIFE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Gillett, for the appellant, and Mr. Platt Smith, for appellees.


Mr. Justice DANIEL delivered the opinion of the court.

Upon an appeal from a decree in chancery by the district court of the northern district of Iowa.

This case, although upon the record a good deal extended in volume, is in effect narrowed to the questions of law arising upon the pleadings.

The facts of the case, so far as a statement of these is necessary to an accurate comprehension of the legal questions...

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