Schoolfield's Administrator v. Rudd

Judoe Simpson

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit in chancery was brought by the administrator of William Schoolfield, deceased, under the act of 1839, (3 Siat, Law, 240,) to have a settlement of the estate, and a decree for the sale of so much of the real estate of his intestate, as might be necessary for the payment of debts.

The whole estate, both real and personal, having proved insufficient for this purpose, and a debt against the estate having been presented, which it is insisted should be paid in full before general creditors are paid any portion of their debts, it becomes…