CHATFIELD v. BOYLE


105 U.S. 231 (____)

CHATFIELD v. BOYLE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John D. McPherson and Mr. Jeremiah W. Clapp in support of the motion.

Mr. William M. Ramsey, contra.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

   Boyle & Co., a mercantile firm doing business at Memphis,
Tenn., being insolvent, made, on the 17th of November, 1876,
a general assignment to J.A. Omberg for the benefit of all their
creditors. A deed of trust, in the nature of a mortgage, had
been previously executed, conveying some of the property of
the firm as security for a debt said to be owing to Jefferson
Davis. At the time of this...

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