Hollingsworth Magniac v. Thompson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. In the circuit court of Pennsylvania, at October sessions 1826, a feigned issue was made, up betweén the plaintiffs and the defendant, to try the question of the ability of the defendant to pay a debt acknowledged to be due to the plaintiffs, and for which judgments had been obtained in their favour.
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ERROR to the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. In the circuit court of Pennsylvania, at October sessions 1826, a feigned issue was made, up betweén the plaintiffs and the defendant, to try the question of the ability of the defendant to pay a debt acknowledged to be due to the plaintiffs, and for which judgments had been obtained in their favour. The competency of the defendant to satisfy the debt, depended on the validity of a certain marriage settlement, made in contemplation of marriage between the defendant and Miss Annis Stockton, daughter of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is a writ of error to the circuit court for the district of Pennsylvania. The original action, was a feigned issue be-, tween the plaintiffs, who are creditors, and the defendant, to try the question, whether he is, able to pay the debt due to them; and this depends upon the validity of certain articles of settlement, made in contemplation of a marriage between the defendant and Miss Annis Stockton, daughter of the late Rich árd Stockton, Esq. stated in the case. The verdict in the court below was for the defendant; arid judgment having been remdered thereon accordingly, the present writ…
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