NICKERSON v. NICKERSON

No. 881.

127 U.S. 668 (1888)

NICKERSON v. NICKERSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1888.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.J. Johnson and Mr. W.W. Wilshire for appellant.

Mr. Enoch Totten for Azor H. Nickerson, appellee.

Mr. Henry Wise Garnett and Mr. Conway Robinson, Jr., for appellants Carter and Matthews.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The substantial relief which the appellant, who was the plaintiff below, seeks in this suit is a decree (1) declaring void a conveyance executed May 31, 1883, by William B. Matthews, trustee, to the appellee, Lena D. Carter, by the name of Lena D. Nickerson, of lot two, in square one hundred and fourteen, in the city of Washington; (2) establishing, in behalf of the plaintiff...

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