KNOTTS ET AL. v. STEARNS ET AL.


91 U.S. 638 (____)

KNOTTS ET AL. v. STEARNS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on printed arguments by Mr. John Johns, Jr., for the appellants, and by Mr. John A. Meredith for the appellees.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought to set aside a sale and conveyance of certain real estate situated in Richmond, Va., of which one Edwin Knotts died seized, made in 1865 under a decree of the Circuit Court of that city, and to compel a delivery of the property to the possession of the plaintiffs. The decree for the sale was obtained upon a bill filed for that purpose by the guardian of the infant children of the deceased...

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