Robinson v. Belt
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the United States Court of Appeals in the Indian Territory. John C. Belt, a merchant residing and doing business in the Indian Territory, executed a deed of assignment conveying all his property to C. M. King, .as assignee, for the benefit of his creditors. After the execution of the deed of assignment, J. M. Robinson & Co., the plaintiffs in error, sued out an attachment against the assignor, and attached the assigned property.
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In Error to the United States Court of Appeals in the Indian Territory. John C. Belt, a merchant residing and doing business in the Indian Territory, executed a deed of assignment conveying all his property to C. M. King, .as assignee, for the benefit of his creditors. After the execution of the deed of assignment, J. M. Robinson & Co., the plaintiffs in error, sued out an attachment against the assignor, and attached the assigned property. King, the assignee in the deed, and the defendant in error here, filed an interplea, claiming the property under the deed of assignment. The interplea was…
1Opinion of the Court
CALDWELL, Oircuit Judge,
after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.
Every question raised by the assignments of error in this case has been determined by the judgment of this court when it was previously here (Belt v. Robinson, 63 Fed. 90, 11 C. C. A. 39, 27 U. S. App. 273), and by the judgment of the supreme court of Arkansas in the case of King v. Dry-Goods Co., 60 Ark. 1, 28 S. W. 514, where the validity of the same deed of trust was in issue. The act of congress adopted and put in force in the Indian Territory the Arkansas statutes, including the statute on the…
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- Sanger v. FlowCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1891
- Appolos v. BradyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1892
- King v. Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- Belt v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
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