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NORTHWESTERN BANK v. FREEMAN

No. 18.

171 U.S. 620 (1898)

NORTHWESTERN BANK v. FREEMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 24, 1898.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.B. Browne for appellants. Mr. A.T. Britton and Mr. E.E. Ellenwood were with him on the brief.

Mr. Fred. Herrington for appellees. Mr. Cass E. Herrington was with him on the brief.

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

The contest is for priority. The territorial Supreme Court awarded it to the mortgages of the appellees. The appellants contend that this was error because of the fact that the mortgages respectively covered 5000 and 1000 head of sheep, and that Fulton owned 6200 head, and that hence the mortgages were invalid on account of insufficient descriptions...

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