Burton v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia. . • The case, as stated in the opinion of the Court, was as follows: “In the month of June, 1827, Smith and Kennedy obtained a judgment in the Circuit Court, against Reuben. Burton, for'#1348 75, with interest from the 14th of October, 1823, and costs.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia. . • The case, as stated in the opinion of the Court, was as follows: “In the month of June, 1827, Smith and Kennedy obtained a judgment in the Circuit Court, against Reuben. Burton, for'#1348 75, with interest from the 14th of October, 1823, and costs. On this judgment an elegit was issued, on the 31st .of December, 1837. On the 12th of August, in the same year* -Reuben Burtón, by deed conveyed his real estate to certain {trustees, in trust, to sell the'same for the benefit of his creditors; amongst many…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barbour
delivered the opinion of the Court. .
This is an .appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court, for the fifth circuit, and eastern district of Virginia.
•The case was this:
In the. month of June, 1827, §mith and Kennedy obtained a judgment in the Circuit Court .against Reuben. Burton, for $1348 75, with interest from the' 14th October, 1823, and costs. On this judg ment, an elegit was issued on.the 31st of December, 1827. On the 12th of August, in the same' year, Reuben Burton, by deed cpnveyedJiis-real estate to certain trustees, in trust, to sell the same for the benefit of his creditors; amongst…
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