Milne v. Moreton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. THIS was a writ of error to the District Court of the , . , . , city and county of Philadelphia, where a judgment had been rendered in favour of Moreton the plaintiff below, upon the following case. ■ “ Walter Moreton the plaintiff is a merchant residing in “ the city of Neto York, and a citizen of the United States, and Thomas Topham, the defendant in the foreign attach- “ ment, is a subject of the King of Great Britain residing “ in England.
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IN ERROR. THIS was a writ of error to the District Court of the , . , . , city and county of Philadelphia, where a judgment had been rendered in favour of Moreton the plaintiff below, upon the following case. ■ “ Walter Moreton the plaintiff is a merchant residing in “ the city of Neto York, and a citizen of the United States, and Thomas Topham, the defendant in the foreign attach- “ ment, is a subject of the King of Great Britain residing “ in England. “ The defendant Thomas Topham, through the plaintiff’s “ agent in Liverpool, transmitted to the plaintiff a consider- “ able quantity of…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
Moreton the plaintiff below, claims under an attachment against the effects of Topham a merchant residing in England. A commission of brankrupt had issued against Topham in England, and the commissioners had made an assignment of his estate prior to the issuing of the plaintiff’s attachment. The question is, whether the plaintiff can hold the bankrupt’s effects against the assignees under'the commission. The counsel for the assignees rest their defence on two points. First, that the contract having been made in England, the case must be decided by the law of England. Secondly,…
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