Hudson v. Warner & Vance
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill of the complainants, W. Warner and W. Vance, (now appellees,) stated, that on the 4th of February 1830, having lent to and endorsed for J. and T. Vance divers promissory notes to considerable amounts, which were negotiated for the use and benefit of the said and T. Vance, in consideration thereof, and for the purpose of securing the payment of the said notes, and of other notes which might thereafter be lent and endorsed by the…
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill of the complainants, W. Warner and W. Vance, (now appellees,) stated, that on the 4th of February 1830, having lent to and endorsed for J. and T. Vance divers promissory notes to considerable amounts, which were negotiated for the use and benefit of the said and T. Vance, in consideration thereof, and for the purpose of securing the payment of the said notes, and of other notes which might thereafter be lent and endorsed by the complainants, or either of them, to the said J. and T. Vance, whenever payment thereof should be required by the…
1Opinion of the CourtArcher, J.
The ehan gellor has in this case decreed, that the funds in the hands of the general creditors of John and Thomas Vance, shall be appropriated in the first place to the discharge of the claim of William Warner and William Vance. Hudson, surviving partner of Hudson and Co, claims priority in the distribution of these funds in virtue of his bill of sale from Thomas Vance, of the firm of John and Thomas Vance, dated the 22d of May 1822; and as his claim has been postponed, he has prayed an appeal to this court.
The appellant relies on his legal title, which he contends overreaches any lien which…
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