United States v. Langton
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Suit upon the .trustee process of Massachusetts by statute of 1794, c. 65 [1 Story’s Laws, 630; 1 Stat 676, c. 22]. The only questions in the cause arose upon the answers of the trustees.
1Opinion of the Court
STORX, Circuit Justice.
This case comes before the court under the trustee process of Massachusetts (Act 1794, c. 65), the main object being to charge the trustees as garnishees of the principal debtor [Samuel Lang-ton], by attaching his funds in their hands. The case turns wholly upon the answers of the trustees. They have come into court and have declared, that they had not in their hands or possession at the time the writ was served on them, any goods, effects, or credits of the principal, and they have submitted themselves to an examination on oath touching the premises. They are therefore…
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