PEUGH v. DAVIS


96 U.S. 332 (1877)

PEUGH v. DAVIS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard T. Merrick and Mr. T.T. Crittenden for the appellant.

Mr. Walter D. Davidge for the appellee.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in equity to redeem certain property, consisting of two squares of land in the city of Washington, from an alleged mortgage of the complainant. The facts, out of which it arises, are briefly these: In March, 1857, the complainant, Samuel A. Peugh, borrowed from the defendant, Henry S. Davis, the sum of $2,000, payable in sixty days, with interest at the rate...

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