Legal Opinion

Long v. Dickerson

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided January 14, 1879Published

[This was a suit by William H. Long, the assignee of Benjamin H. Spaulding, against Alfred J. Dickerson. The case is now heard upon petition of defendant.]

1Opinion of the Court

BLATCHFORD, Circuit Judge.

On July 20th, 1875, the defendant caused a warrant of attachment to be issued out of the supreme court of New. York, against the property of Benjamin H. Spaulding, then a resident of Massachusetts. The warrant was levied by the sheriff of the city and county of New York, on property belonging to Spaulding. Afterwards, on August 1st, 1875, said property was sold by the sheriff, as perishable, by order of the court. Spaulding was adjudged a bankrupt by the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts, in September, 1875, on a petition in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Champion v. NoyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
  2. Jackson ex. dem. Spencer v. BenedictNew York Supreme Court · 1816
  3. Dyer v. CleavelandSupreme Court of Vermont · 1846

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