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LYNCH v. MURPHY

No. 129.

161 U.S. 247 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 523

40 L.Ed. 688

LYNCH, v. MURPHY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William G. Johnson and Mr. Calderon Carlisle for appellant.

Mr. A.S. Worthington, (with whom was Mr. J.C. Heald on the brief,) for Murphy, appellee.

Mr. Henry E. Davis for Edward Marsh and Florence Marsh, appellees.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question for our determination is whether or not appellant had a valid lien, legal or equitable, upon the real estate in question at the time the bill of complaint was filed.

We will premise that the decree in the equity cause of Pippert v. English et als. was not void because English and his wife were not personally served with process. Constructive service by...

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