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Portrait of Melville Fuller Melville Fuller Bank of Lewisburg v. Sheffey — Opinion of the Court

By the amended and supplemental answer, which it sought to file, the bank raised the question that Glendy not having the legal title when he executed the deed to the plaintiffs, and having by his prior deed to the bank divested himself of his equitable title, the plaintiffs did not, as Glendy's grantees, under a conveyance 'without any warranty whatever,' occupy the position of bona fide purchasers, nor were they protected by the recording statutes of the state
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Portrait of Melville Fuller Melville Fuller Bank of Lewisburg v. Sheffey — Opinion of the Court

The bringing of the fund into court was for the final distribution as decreed, and not to be held pending the ascertainment of the principles upon which it should be distributed. Hill v. Railroad Co., ante, 690, and cases cited. The subject was much considered, and many cases referred to and classified, and the distinctions indicated, in Iron Co. v. Martin, 132 U.S. 91, 10 Sup. Ct. Rep. 32.
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