KIRBY v. TALLMADGE

No. 96.

160 U.S. 379 (1896)

KIRBY v. TALLMADGE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 6, 1896.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Morgan for all the appellants.

Mr. W. Willoughby for himself and Elizabeth M. Houchens, appellants. Mr. L. Cabell Williamson was on his brief as counsel for himself, Ellen A. Goudy, and Richard H. Miller.

Mr. John C. Fay for appellee.


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

The controversy in this case arises from the fact that the deed from John L. Miller to Mrs. Tallmadge, which was given December 27, 1883, was not put upon record until October 4, 1888. In the meantime, and in February, 1888, Miller, in whose name the property had been taken for the benefit of Mrs. Tallmadge, died; and on August 30, 1888, Houchens, Goudy, and Richard Henry Miller, collateral...

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