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DAVIS v. SCHWARTZ

No. 75.

155 U.S. 631 (1895)

DAVIS v. SCHWARTZ.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. Noble, (with whom were Mr. James C. Davis and Mr. Eben Richards on the brief,) for appellants.

Mr. David Sheean for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a contest between the attaching creditors and the chattel mortgagees of the property of John H. Schwartz, an insolvent debtor formerly engaged in business at Fort Madison and Chariton in the State of Iowa, and at Dallas in the State of Illinois. These two classes of creditors are in reality competitors in a race of diligence, the object of which was to obtain a lien upon and possession...

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