French v. Merrill

The defendant, as a deputy of the sheriff of Suffolk, had attached certain property belonging to William M. Jackson in a suit brought by Simes & Farley against him and others, his partners, which property had been sold by consent of Jackson, and the proceeds were held by the officer “to be disposed of according to law.” Within four months from the date of the attachment, and while the suit was still pending, Jackson filed his petition in bankruptcy, on October 7,1869, and was duly adjudicated a bankrupt, and the plaintiff was appointed his assignee, on October 30, 1869. The effect of the…