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Tucker Vs. Moreland

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 01, 1836

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  1. U.S. 58 (1836) U.S. Supreme Court Tucker v. Moreland
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  2. U.S. 10 Pet. 58 58 (1836) Tucker v. Moreland
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  3. and that at the time the deed to E.G.M. was made he was of full age. The decision of Lord Mansfield in Zouch v. Parsons
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  4. The difficulty is in ascertaining the true principle upon which these distinctions depend. Lord Mansfield, in Zouch v. Parsons
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  5. to make the deed voidable only upon the matter of the conveyance. There can be little doubt that the decision in Zouch v. Parsons
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  6. and perhaps the weight of Page 35 U. S. 69 authority, antecedent to the decision in Zouch v. Parsons
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  7. inclined in the same way, Lord Chief Justice Eyre, in Keane v. Boycott
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  8. A doctrine of the same sort was held by the court in Thompson v. Leach
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  9. in Fisher v. Mowbray
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  10. and Baylis v. Dineley
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  11. that an infant cannot bind himself in a bond with a penalty, and especially to pay interest. In the case of Baylis v. Dineley
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  12. And then, after commenting on Keane v. Baycott
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  13. and Fisher v. Mowbray
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  14. In Zouch v. Parsons
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  15. The same question has undergone no inconsiderable discussion in the American courts. In Oliver v. Hendlet
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  16. that those acts of an infant are void which not only apparently but necessarily operate to his prejudice. In Whitney v. Dutch
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  17. In Conroe v. Birdsall
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  18. as it was interpreted and adopted in Zouch v. Parsons
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  19. and in the late case of Roof v. Stafford
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  20. Cowen 180- 181, the same doctrine was fully recognized. But in an intermediate case, Jackson v. Burchin
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  21. subject to their election, when they become of age, either to affirm or disallow them, and that the doctrine of Zouch v. Parsons
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  22. be of as high and solemn a nature, there is no ground to impeach its sufficiency. Lord Ellenborough, in Baylis v. Dineley
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  23. upon the land and delivered the deed thereon if the same had been in an adverse possession. The cases of Jackson v. Carpenter
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  24. John. 539, and Jackson v. Burchin
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  25. for they dispense with an entry where the possession was out of the party when he made the second deed. In Jackson v. Burchin
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  26. feoffment by an entry -- that is, by an act of equal notoriety and solemnity with the original act. The case of Frost v. Wolverton
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  27. fact that a conveyance has been made is not per se proof of a confirmation of it. Lord Ellenborough, in Baylis v. Dineley
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  28. uncoupled with any acts demonstrative of an intent to confirm it, would be insufficient for the purpose. In Jackson v. Carpenter
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  29. that some positive act was necessary evincing his assent to the conveyance. In Austin v. Patton
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  30. the law intends to throw round him to guard him from the effects of his folly, rashness, and misconduct. In Saunderson v. Marr
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  31. though the application was made to the equity side of the court to set aside a judgment founded on it. So in Conroe v. Birdsall
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  32. that a different decision would endanger all the rights of infants. A similar doctrine was held by the court in Austin v. Patton
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  33. R.. 309-310. Indeed, the same doctrine is to be found affirmed more than a century and a half ago in Johnson v. Pie
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  34. See Russell v. Lee
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  35. Fisher v. Mowbray
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  36. Baylis v. Dineley
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  37. See Saunders v. Mann
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  38. Zouch v. Parsons
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  39. Holmes v. Blogg
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  40. See Boston Bank v. Chamberlain
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  41. Roof v. Stafford
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  42. See Inhabitants of Worcester v. Eaton
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  43. Whitney v. Dutch
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  44. See Boston Bank v. Chamberlin
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  45. U.S. Supreme Court Tucker v. Moreland
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  46. Keane v. Boycott
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  47. Thompson v. Leach
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  48. of Baylis v. Dineley
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  49. Keane v. Baycott
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  50. In Oliver v. Hendlet
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