REYNOLDS v. BURNS

No. 364.

141 U.S. 117 (1891)

REYNOLDS v. BURNS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.W. Compton for appellants.

Mr. U.M. Rose and Mr. G.B. Rose for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The object of this bill is to enjoin the enforcement of a judgment in ejectment upon the ground that, while the plaintiffs in such judgment held the legal title to the lands in dispute, the equitable title was in the defendants, the plaintiffs in this bill. Curtly stated, the facts are, that America A. Bowie, the widow and executrix of her husband, John W. Bowie, who was also heir-at-law...

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