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PETERS v. BOWMAN

98 U.S. 56 (____)

PETERS v. BOWMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James R. Chalmers and Mr. Mike L. Woods for the appellant.

Mr. H.T. Ellett, contra.

MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill to enforce a lien upon real estate situate in Tunica County, in the State of Mississippi. Bowman owned the premises in fee-simple, and sold the undivided half to Bostick, and gave him a written contract, valid in equity, but not sufficient to pass the legal title.

Bostick died in 1868, possessed of property in Mississippi and Tennessee, and leaving...

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