WASHINGTON v. OPIE

No. 282.

145 U.S. 214 (1892)

WASHINGTON v. OPIE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 1892.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Marshall McCormick and Mr. R.T. Barton for appellants.

Mr. Robert White for R.L. Opie, John N. Opie and Mary Meade, appellees.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

Heirome L. Opie, by deed dated January 1, 1856, conveyed to Henry W. Castleman two tracts of land in Jefferson County, then in Virginia, now in West Virginia — one tract containing 596 acres and the other 419 acres — for the price of $41,733.66½, of which $10,000 was paid at the time in cash, and for the remainder the grantee gave his bonds, or single bills, bearing interest from date and payable...

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