MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the facts as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.
Is appellee entitled to relief in a court of equity in respect to the sale of June 13, 1870? In Badger v. Badger, 2 Wall. 87, 95, it was said that a party who makes an appeal to the conscience of the chancellor should "set forth in his bill specifically what were the impediments to an earlier prosecution of his claim; how he came to be so long ignorant...
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