SWIFT v. SMITH

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102 U.S. 442 (1880)

26 L.Ed. 193

SWIFT, v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 13, 1880.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William C. Goudy for the appellants.

Mr. William T. Burgess and Mr. Van H. Higgins, contra.


MR. JUSTICE STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellants complain of the decree of the Circuit Court because it adjudged that the complainant, Janet Smith, as administratrix of David Smith, deceased, had a lien on the lots described in the bill, by virtue of the deed of trust purporting to have been made by George N. Williams to Obadiah Jackson on the first day of October, 1868, and because it adjudged that lien to be prior to the lien in favor of Joseph...

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