Tompkins v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district .of Kentucky. In the Circuit Court of Kentucky a bill was filed, on the equity side of the Court, for the purpose of setting aside a deed of assignment or mortgage made by Leonard Wheeler, for the purpose of securing certain of his creditors, in preference to the complainant, who was also a creditor..
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district .of Kentucky. In the Circuit Court of Kentucky a bill was filed, on the equity side of the Court, for the purpose of setting aside a deed of assignment or mortgage made by Leonard Wheeler, for the purpose of securing certain of his creditors, in preference to the complainant, who was also a creditor.. At the November term, 1837,.of the'Circuit Court, the complainants .had obtained certain judgments against, the defendant Wheeler; and on the application of the defendant, it was agreed that no executions should be issued upon…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This is. an appeal from the Circuit Court of thé United - States, for the district of Kentucky.
The bill filed in the Court below, was for the purpose of setting aside af certain, deed of assignment, made and executed' by the defendant, Wheeler, for the purpose of securing to certain enumerated creditors the avails of his property; to' the exclusion of the complainant; and that the complainant may be decreed to have satisfaction of his judgments set- out in' the bill, out of the property conveyed by the deed.
The bill sets out, that at the November term of the Circuit Court of the United…
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