U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1820

Violette v. Tyler

Violette v. Tyler
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided April 15, 1820 · Contra, Morsell
2 D.C. 200; 28 F. Cas. 1219; 2 Cranch 200
Violette v. Tyler

Opinion of the Court

The Court (Morsell, J., contra,)

was of opinion that the marshal ought to return both writs levied upon the whole property found; and Cranch, C. J., was of opinion that the first writ which came to the hands of the marshal had the preference. Thruston, J., was of opinion that all the attaching creditors should come in pari passu. Morsell, J., was of opinion that the attachment first levied had priority, but that as both were simultaneously levied, the distribution should be pari passu.

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