RUSSELL v. WALLACE

No. 4745.

30 F.2d 981 (1929)

RUSSELL et al. v. WALLACE et al.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Decided February 4, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Douglas, Jo V. Morgan, and George E. C. Hayes, all of Washington, D. C., and Louis Marshall, of New York City, for appellants.

Jesse C. Adkins, Frank F. Nesbit, and Lucien H. Mercier, all of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.


VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

Appellees, plaintiffs below, filed a bill in equity in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to restrain the defendants Russell from conveying a certain piece of real estate, known as 77 Randolph place, in the city of Washington, to the defendants Newton and Peterson, who are alleged to be of the Negro race; and to decree a conveyance executed by the defendants Russell to the defendants Newton and Peterson null and void, and...

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