Creswell v. Smith

The Chancellor :

— The case comes betore me upon a. motion made by the complainants for the appointment of a. receiver.

The bill was filed on the 16th of July, 1875, by the complainants, as judgment creditors of the defendant Smith, after exhausting their remedy at law by a return of nulla bona, to reach, for the satisfaction of their debt, six bonds, of the United States for $1,000 each, and a gold watch, which, the bill alleges, are his property, and have been deposited with a person whose name is unknown to complainants, and cannot be ascertained upon diligent enquiry. The allegation of the…