In re Binford
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Virginia
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia. [In bankruptcy. John J. Binford excepted to the report of the register of the liens and their priorities binding on the estate of Charles T. Binford, a bankrupt. Exceptions sustained. Case No. 1,411.
1Opinion of the Court
BOND, Circuit Judge.
This is a dispute-between John J. Binford, of Richmond, and Dohan, Carroll & Co., of New York, as to-which of the parties has the prior right to-have its claim against John H. Greanor paid in full out of the proceeds of the sale of certain property of the bankrupt. Dohan, Carroll & Co. claim under a deed of trust made-by Greanor for their benefit, dated 11th February, 1876; and J. J. Binford under a lien for unpaid purchase-money, or on the ground that the sale of March, 1873, by J. J. Binford to Greanor was a conditional sale.
The facts of the case, briefly stated, seem to…
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