SAVAGE'S ASSIGNEE v. BEST


44 U.S. 111 (1845)

3 How. 111

LESSEE OF HENRY WALLER, ASSIGNEE OF THE BANKRUPT ESTATE OF FRANCIS A. SAVAGE, PLAINTIFF, v. JAMES AND JOSEPH BEST.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morehead and B. Monroe, for the plaintiff.

Richard French, for the defendants.


Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes before the court upon a certificate of division between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Kentucky, upon the following statement: —

"Savage had the title to the land; the plaintiff claimed under the decree of his bankruptcy; the defendant, under a sheriff's sale under an execution.

"The...

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