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JONES' ADMINISTRATOR V. CRAIG, 127 U. S. 213 (1888)
127 U. S. 213U.S. Supreme Court
Jones' Administrator v. Craig, 127 U.S. 213 (1888)
Jones' Administrator v. Craig
No. 235
Submitted April 18, 1888
Decided April 30, 1888
127 U.S. 213
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
Syllabus
A brought ejectment against B. B thereupon filed a bill in equity (which was subsequently amended) to remove a cloud from the title, setting up that the deed under which A claimed was a mortgage, with a written clubjuris
contract of defeasance. A demurred. Upon hearing on the demurrer, it was ordered that if B should, within fifteen days, bring into court the amount due on the mortgage and interest and all taxes paid by A, etc., A should be restrained from further prosecution of the ejectment suit, but that if he should fail to do so within that time, the bill should be dismissed and the defendant allowed to proceed with the suit.
Held: