Rugely v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Writ of error to the Court of Chancery sitting in Hayno-ville. In September, 1844, the plaintiffs in error exhibited their bill against Eli T. Robinson, William Robinson and Cornelius Robinson, on behalf of themselves and the other creditors of the first named defendant, who might come in and contribute to the expenses of the suit, according to the order and direction of the chancellor.
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Writ of error to the Court of Chancery sitting in Hayno-ville. In September, 1844, the plaintiffs in error exhibited their bill against Eli T. Robinson, William Robinson and Cornelius Robinson, on behalf of themselves and the other creditors of the first named defendant, who might come in and contribute to the expenses of the suit, according to the order and direction of the chancellor. The complainants set forth, that on the 17th day of March, 1836, they recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Montgomery, against the defendant, E. T, Robinson and Edward W. Couch, then residing in that…
1Opinion of the Court
COLLIER, C. J.-
This cause is not only important to tho parties themselves, but it involves principles of great public interest. It may be regarded as almost res integra in our adjucations, and therefore before undertaking to employ our own reasoning, or to express the conclusions of our judgment, we propose briefly to consider some of the decisions that may have been made in analagous cases elsewhere. The question is, did the defendant in the judgment at law acquire such *717an interest in the property settled by his father’s will, as makes it subject to the payment of his debts.
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