Jones v. Henry

Opinion op the Court.

Josiah Pitts, being deeply indebted to sundry'individuals, conveyed his estate intrust, to three trustees,, for the use of his creditors, requiring them to share, rateably in the disposition thereof. Sundry of them obtained judgments and pursued their executions, re1 gardless of the provisions of the deed. Among the rest, he was indebted to John H. Jones, and to give him an equal advantage with the others, as Jones had not sued him, he divided the debt into sundry small notes, and confessed sundry judgments thereon, before a justice of the peace. Jones issued his…