Prince v. Bartlett
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, in an action of trover, in which was involved the construction of the acts of congress giving to the United States a right of priority in payment of the debts due by insolvent debtors. The case was submitted to the court, without argument, and is fully stated in the opinion which was delivered, as follows, by—
1Opinion of the CourtDuvall, J.
The material facts upon the record are these : On the 4th of June 1810, sundry goods, wares and merchandise, the property of Well-man & Ropes, were attached by the deputy of Bailey Bartlett, sheriff of the county of Essex, state of Massachusetts, by virtue of certain writs of attachment sued out by several creditors of Wellman & Ropes. On the 18th day of September 1810, two several executions, issued on judgments recovered by the United States against Wellman & Ropes, at the September term 1810, of the district court, held at Salem, on their joint and several bond for duties at the…
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