Fairbanks v. Belknap

This is a bill in equity, and, although it is termed a bill for instructions, it is rather one in the nature of an interpleader. Its object is not so much to ascertain what are the duties of the trustees in the performance of their trust, as to have it decided whether they are not now to abandon the execution of the trust they have assumed, and surrender the property, on which it was charged, to the assignees in insolvency of the debtors, by whom it was conveyed to them; and especially whether, inasmuch as debts have been contracted since the property was conveyed to them, they may not now…