U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1836

Thompson v. King

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided November 15, 1836 · Amount, Assets, Auditor, Between, Come, Contra, Coxe, Cranch, Creditor, Estate, Found, House, Improvements, King, Lot, Morsell, Reply, Sales, Stopped, Thompson, Upon, Value

23 F. Cas. 1056; 5 Cranch 93

Counsel

O. Cox, contra,, R. S. Coxe, in reply,

Opinion of the Court

CRANCH, Chief Judge,

was of opinion that Thompson could not now come in as a general creditor of King’s estate for the balance.

MORSELL, Circuit Judge, contra.

■THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, being absent, -the case was continued to the next term, when upon further argument by the same counsel, ■

THE COURT (CRANCH, Chief Judge, contra), stopped R. S. Coxe in reply, and decided that Thompson could come in as a general creditor, upon the assets of George King’s estate, for the difference between the amount of sales of the house and lot, and. the amount -of the value of Thompson’s improvements as found by the auditor.

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