United States v. Morrison
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the circuit court for the district of East Virginia. In the circuit court, the United States filed a bill the object of which was to make certain real property, assigned on the *22d of October 1823 by John Morrison to Robert G. Ward, subject to a judgment obtained in their favour in the western district of Virginia, in October. 1819. The assignment made by Morrison to Ward was general, of all his property, in trust for the payment of his-debts to sundry persons.
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APPEAL from the circuit court for the district of East Virginia. In the circuit court, the United States filed a bill the object of which was to make certain real property, assigned on the *22d of October 1823 by John Morrison to Robert G. Ward, subject to a judgment obtained in their favour in the western district of Virginia, in October. 1819. The assignment made by Morrison to Ward was general, of all his property, in trust for the payment of his-debts to sundry persons. The deed of trust referred to certain previous deeds of trust which Morrison had executed, conveying a large portion of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
The single .question in this case is, whether the United States, or certain other creditors of the defendant, John Morrison, have the prior lien on lands of the said Morrison which have been conveyed to those creditors.
In October 1819, the United States obtained a judgment against John Morrison in the district court of Virginia, on which a fieri facias issued. The goods taken in execution were restored to the debtor according to the law of Virginia, and a bond taken with a condition to have them forthcoming on the day and place of sale. This bond being forfeited, an execution was awarded…
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