Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Columbia and county of Alexandria.
The bill of the appellees, who were the complainants in the circuit court is for an injunction to stay further proceedings on a judgment at law, confessed by the appellees to the appellant.
The bill states that the intestate, William T. Swann, in his lifetime, in October, 1819, proposed...
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