Buckey v. Snouffer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick county, sitting in insolvency. John B. Snouffer applied for the benefit of the insolvent laws, on the 3rd of August 1852, and the appellee was appointed his trustee, and gave bond as such, and under order of the court, sold all the property of the insolvent on the 30th of August 1852. Much of this property consisted of growing corn and wheat in the straw, raised by the insolvent, upon a farm which he had rented from Charles C.…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick county, sitting in insolvency. John B. Snouffer applied for the benefit of the insolvent laws, on the 3rd of August 1852, and the appellee was appointed his trustee, and gave bond as such, and under order of the court, sold all the property of the insolvent on the 30th of August 1852. Much of this property consisted of growing corn and wheat in the straw, raised by the insolvent, upon a farm which he had rented from Charles C. Tucker, and was not delivered to the purchasers, but remained on the premises under the control of the trustee. Aflerivards,…
1Opinion of the CourtTuck, J.
Whatever may be the law elsewhere, in this State when a debtor applied for the benefit of the insolvent laws under the act. of 1805, ch. 110, and its supplements, his property came under the custody of the law, for the benefit of his creditors. Alexander vs. Ghiselin, 5 Gill, 138. Waters vs. Dashiell, 1 Md. Rep., 455. And it being well settled that goods in the custody of tile law are not liable to be distrained, it. follows that the distress relied upon by the appellee cannot be sustained, the property at tile time having been beyond its reach.
That a claim for rent is of peculiar character,…
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