SHANKS ET AL. v. DUPONT ET AL.


28 U.S. 242 (____)

3 Pet. 242

ANN SHANKS, MARGARETTA SHANKS, SARAH P. SHANKS, GRACE F. SHANKS, AND ELIZA SHANKS, (APPELLANTS BELOW) PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR vs. ABRAHAM DUPONT AND JANE HIS WIFE, DANIEL PEPPER AND ANN PEPPER, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued at January term 1829, by Mr Cruger and Mr Writ for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr Legaré for the defendants;


Mr Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a writ of error to the highest court of appeals in law and equity of the state of South Carolina; brought to revise the decision of that court, in a bill or petition in equity, in which the present defendants were original plaintiffs, and the present plaintiffs were original defendants. From the record of the case it appeared that the controversy before the court...

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