BEDFORD v. EASTERN BUILDING AND LOAN ASSN.

No. 153.

181 U.S. 227 (1901)

BEDFORD v. EASTERN BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 22, 1901.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert M. Heath for Bedford and wife. Mr. Heber J. May and Mr. W.C. McLean were on his brief.

Mr. William Hepburn Russell for appellee. Mr. William Beverly Winslow, Mr. Joseph W. Buchanan and Mr. H. Dart Minor were on his brief.


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

The assignments of error, except one, present the question of the enforceability of the notes and mortgage under the Tennessee law, or, as the question may be put, whether there was a contract between the parties — a right in one and an obligation in the other arising from a consideration given and received; mutual covenants by which each party acquired the right to that...

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