GREENLEAF v. QUEEN ET AL.


26 U.S. 138 (____)

1 Pet. 138

JAMES GREENLEAF, APPELLANT, vs. NICHOLAS L. QUEEN, AND ELEANOR HIS WIFE, HEIRS, AND RICHARD WALLACK, ADMINISTRATOR, OF WASHINGTON BOYD, DECEASED, APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Jones, for the appellant; and by Mr. Key, for the appellees.

Mr. Jones, for the appellant. —


Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court: —

This cause comes from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the county of Washington. The appellant filed his bill in that Court, against Washington Boyd; setting forth, that on the 19th of March 1817, the said Boyd, as trustee under a deed of Charles Minifie to him, entered into a contract with the plaintiff...

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