Davis v. Friedlander
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of fhe United States for ' the Western District of Tennessee. Friedlander, Stich, &. Co., sued Kaufman, their debtor, in the law court of Memphis, taking out an attachment, which was levied, Nov. 30, 1866, upon-his real estate in that" city. On different days in December, 1866, and-January, 1867, Davis and other creditors sued him in the chancery court, each taking out an- attachment, which was promptly levied on the. same real estate.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of fhe United States for ' the Western District of Tennessee. Friedlander, Stich, &. Co., sued Kaufman, their debtor, in the law court of Memphis, taking out an attachment, which was levied, Nov. 30, 1866, upon-his real estate in that" city. On different days in December, 1866, and-January, 1867, Davis and other creditors sued him in the chancery court, each taking out an- attachment, which was promptly levied on the. same real estate. On the 14th of July, 1868, he was adjudged a bankrupt upon his petition, filed the 30th of the preceding May, — more than a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
In Doe v. Childress (21 Wall. 642), we considered the effect of proceedings in bankruptcy upon an attachment issued from a State court and levied upon the property of the bankrupt, more than four months prior to their commencement. That was an action of ejectment, by the assignee of a bankrupt, to recover land claimed by the defendant under a decretal sale in an attachment suit in a State court against the bankrupt. ' The latter was declared a bankrupt ten months after the institution of the attachment suit, four months before the decree therein, and seven months prior to' the sale at which…
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