U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1807

Bartleman v. Douglass

Bartleman v. Douglass
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided November 15, 1807 · Contra, Fitzhugh
2 F. Cas. 965; 1 Cranch 450
Bartleman v. Douglass

Opinion of the Court

THE COURT (FITZHUGH, Circuit Judge, contra)

refused to instruct the jury that the agreement and deed did not make a good de-fence at law; being of opinion that the agreement bound the plaintiff to give a release upon the execution of the deed, and a court of equity would have compelled him to execute it; and that in assumpsit it ought to be admitted in evidence on the general issue, it being a fraud upon the defendant as well as upon the other creditors that the plaintiff should refuse to execute the deed after the others had executed it. See Heathcote v. Crookshanks, 2 Term R. 24; Jackson v. Duchaire, 3 Term R. 551; and Jackson v. Lomas, 4 Term R. 166.

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