Compton, Ault & Co. v. Marshall

This was a proceeding for the trial of the right of property in certain goods which were levied upon by virtue of a writ of attachment in favor of plaintiffs in error against Eaton, Guinan Co., as the property of the latter, and which were claimed by the defendant in error. The good at the time of the seizure were in the possession of the claimant. He asserted title to the property under a deed in trust executed by Eaton, Guinan Co., the defendants in the attachment, to him as trustee, for the purpose of securing certain creditors therein named.

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