Bank of the United States v. Lee
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
In equity. The bill in this case was filed by the Bank of the United States against Elizabeth Lee, widow of R. B. Lee, deceased, Edmund J. Lee, surviving trustee under a deed of trust for the separate use of Mrs. Lee, and Richard Smith, a trustee under a deed from R. B. Lee, to secure his debt to the Bank of the United States.
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In equity. The bill in this case was filed by the Bank of the United States against Elizabeth Lee, widow of R. B. Lee, deceased, Edmund J. Lee, surviving trustee under a deed of trust for the separate use of Mrs. Lee, and Richard Smith, a trustee under a deed from R. B. Lee, to secure his debt to the Bank of the United States. The object of the bill is to set aside the deed of trust for the separate use of Mrs. Lee as being either a voluntary or a fraudulent deed, as to the plaintiffs, who are creditors of R. B. Lee, and to compel Mrs. Lee to surrender the property to Mr. Smith, so that it…
1Opinion of the Court
CRANCH, Chief Judge, (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent,)
delivered the opinion of the court:
The principal question in the case is, whether the deed of the 9th of January, 1809, from R. B. Lee to E. J. Lee and others, in trust for the defendant, the wife of R. B-Lee, is valid against his subsequent creditors. The execution, due acknowledgment, and recording of that deed, as well as the deed of R. B. Lee and his wife to Ludwell Lee, of the 16th of July, 1809, and the trust-deed to Turner and others to secure Judge Washington, are admitted. The bill avers, that if the supposed deed of the 9th of…
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