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PULLIAM ET AL. v. CHRISTIAN

47 U.S. 209 (____)

6 How. 209

SAMUEL T. PULLIAM AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. EDMUND CHRISTIAN, ASSIGNEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF WILLIAM ALLEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Lyons, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Brooke and Mr. Myers, for the appellees.

Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal in chancery from the Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Virginia.

This case arises under the bankrupt law. William Allen, a merchant-tailor in Richmond, being embarrassed, conveyed his whole property to the plaintiffs, as trustees, to pay his debts. In the trust-deed he divides his creditors into two classes, the first of which was to be...

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