Smith and Others v. Edrington
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court for the district of Virginia, sitting in chancery. The bill sought to charge the lands of Christopher Edrington, in the hands of his son and heir-at-law, W. P. Edrington, with a debt due by his father, Christopher Edrington, to the complainants, by simple contract.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court for the district of Virginia, sitting in chancery. The bill sought to charge the lands of Christopher Edrington, in the hands of his son and heir-at-law, W. P. Edrington, with a debt due by his father, Christopher Edrington, to the complainants, by simple contract. It was contended, that the lands passed, by the will of Christopher Edrington, to his son, W. P. Edrington, charged with the payment of the debts of the testator, *although the lands were acquired by the testator after the date of the will. The will expressed a desire that all the just…
1Opinion of the Court
Washington, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court, as follows ¡ — This was a bill filed on the equity side of the circuit court for the district of Virginia, by the appellants, in order to charge the real estate of Christopher Edrington, in the hands of his son and heir-at-law, William P. Edrington, with the payment of a debt due to the appellants , *by Christopher Edrington, the father. The appeal being taken from -* that part of the decree of the circuit court which dismissed the bill so far as it seeks to subject the real estate in the hands of Wm. P. Edrington to the payment of…
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