Adams v. . Davidson

The defendants claim title to the property in question under an assignment made by Brown to the defendant Davidson, on the 20th of July, 1843. In order to establish their title under this assignment as against the subsequent levy made by the plaintiff Adams, by virtue of the execution issued upon the decree in favor of the plaintiff Rathbone against Brown, it is indispensable that it appear that the assignment was accompanied by an immediate delivery to Davidson, and followed by an actual and continued change of possession by him of the property assigned, or that it be made to appear that the…