Weed v. Pierce

Walworth, Circuit Judge.

The defendant Pierce was indebted to the complainants,, severally, in sums amounting in the whole to about $2,500. For the recovery of these demands, the complainants, in August, 1825, commenced suits thereon ; and obtained judgments in February thereafter. During the pendency of these suits, all the visible property of Pierce was levied upon by executions issued on judgments confessed in favor of, or obtained by other creditors ; and the executions on the complainants’ judgments have been returned wholly unsatisfied. During the pendency of the complainants’ suit,…