UPSHUR v. BRISCOE

No. 146.

138 U.S. 365 (1891)

UPSHUR v. BRISCOE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 2, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wade R. Young for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for Mary E. Briscoe, one of the defendants in error.


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

In regard to the character of the obligation assumed by Briscoe, we concur with the views of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in its second opinion. By the instrument signed on the 25th of January, 1857, the relation of debtor and creditor was created between Briscoe and the beneficiaries. It was stated expressly that the annual payment of ...

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