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BEAUMONT v. PRIETO

No. 303.

249 U.S. 554 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 383

63 L.Ed. 770

BEAUMONT, ASSIGNEE OF BORCK, v. PRIETO ET AL., ADMINISTRATORS OF LEGARDA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 5, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph D. Sullivan, with whom Mr. T.T. Ansberry and Mr. Thos. D. Aitken were on the brief, for appellant and plaintiff in error.

Mr. Alex. Britton, with whom Mr. Evans Browne, Mr. H.W. Van Dyke and Mr. Charles C. Cohn were on the briefs, for appellees and defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit for the specific performance of an alleged contract to sell land. The court of first instance made a decree for the plaintiff, but the decree was reversed by the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands and the defendants were absolved from the complaint. There is a motion to dismiss, on the ground that the writ of error and citation were not made returnable...

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