BETTS v. LEWIS


60 U.S. 72 (____)

19 How. 72

BURR H. BETTS, APPELLANT, v. JOHN H. LEWIS, AND MARY M.F. LEWIS, HIS WIFE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Butler for the appellant, and by Mr. Johnson for the appellees.


Mr. Justice CURTIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from the decree of the District Court of the United States for the northern district of Alabama, having the powers of a circuit court. The appellant filed his bill in that court to charge a legacy on property alleged to have come to the hands of the respondents, and to be chargeable with its payment. After answers had been filed, and while exceptions to one of the answers were pending, the respondents...

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