Burrall v. Leslie
New York Court of Chancery
The bill in this cause was filed before the chancellor by judgment creditors of J. & R. Leslie, to reach certain property of the latter which had been assigned to the other defendants, Williams and M’Dougall; and a receiver was appointed to receive and hold the property in controversy pending the litigation.
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The bill in this cause was filed before the chancellor by judgment creditors of J. & R. Leslie, to reach certain property of the latter which had been assigned to the other defendants, Williams and M’Dougall; and a receiver was appointed to receive and hold the property in controversy pending the litigation. Seven other creditors’ bills were afterwards filed against the same defendants, some of which were before the chancellor and others before the vice chancellor of the seventh circuit; and the same person was appointed receiver in those suits. The first and fourth suits, which were…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The receiver in the suit first commenced was appointed by the chancellor, before the cause was referred; and as different decisions have been made by the vice chancellors in relation to costs, the direction as to the distribution of the fund appears necessarily to refer itself to this tribunal, where the receiver was appointed to take charge of the fund originally. The master’s report and the decrees settle the question as to interest on the several judgments. The master reports that the several decrees should be paid according to the times in which the *447bills were filed; and…
2Cited by2 opinions
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