Sexton v. Wheaton

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1823-02-13

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Marshall, Ch. J., delivered the opinion of the court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows : — The allegation, that the house in question was purchased with a view to engaging in mercantile speculations, and conveyed to the wife for the purpose of protecting it from the debts which might be contracted in trade, being positively denied, and neither proved by testimony, nor c…

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