DENT v. FERGUSON

No. 32.

132 U.S. 50 (1889)

DENT v. FERGUSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 28, 1889.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D.H. Poston and Mr. T.B. Turley, for appellants.

Mr. T.B. Edgington, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court.

The main grounds of the bill are:

(1) That the agreement or conveyance of May 14, 1869, was never delivered, but was only a paper in contemplation to be executed, and that the execution and delivery of it were finally abandoned; and

(2) That said contract was procured by fraud on the part of Dent to enable...

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