Hudson Transportation Co. v. McMurran

On September 15, 1922, E. C. Skinner & Company, Incorporated*, conveyed to L. A. McMurran and J. H. Cook, trustees, certain hoisting machines and equipment, located in the harbor of the city of Newport News, Virginia, to secure the payment of certain obligations dhe by the grantor. There were also other liens upon the property.

In December, 1924, L. A. McMurran, trustee, filed a bill in the Corporation Court of the city of Newport News against all the creditors of E. C. Skinner & Company, Incorporated, and J. H. Cook, his cotrustee, asking that the liens on the property be ascertained, the…