Legal Opinion

Rogers v. Palmer

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 18, 1880PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

The complainant is assignee in bankruptcy of Andrew Palmer, Jr., son of the appellee.

The father having procured a judgment against his son in the District Court of Freeborn County, Minnesota,- for the sum of $8,433, caused execution to be issued thqreon and levied upon the stock of goods of the defendant, who was a merchant in business in the town of Albert Lea, in that county.

Within a few days thereafter, proceedings in bankruptcy were instituted against the son, and he was duly declared a bankrupt. His assignee brought this suit in 'chancery for the purpose of having the levy declared void…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wilson v. City BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  2. Hoover v. WiseSupreme Court of the United States · 1876

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. AMH Roman Two NC, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2017
  2. Atlantic Cotton Mills v. Indian Orchard MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  3. Clarke v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  4. In re Locust Bldg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
  5. Wise v. CurdesIndiana Supreme Court · 1942

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