Thompson v. King

U.S. District Court

Decided November 15, 1836

U.S. District Court · decided 1836-11-15

The bill in equity in this case was filed in 1826, by Josiah Thompson and his wife, against the heirs of George King, to obtain the conveyance of a house and lot in Georgetown, in execution of an agreement between Thompson and G. King, in the lifetime of the latter; or that the cost of the improvements made by Thompson, in expectation of obtaining the title, should be decreed to be a specific lien on the lot, George King having died insolvent.

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Decided 1836-11-15

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CRANCH, Chief Judge,

¶1was of opinion that Thompson could not now come in as a general creditor of King’s estate for the balance.

MORSELL, Circuit Judge, contra.

¶2■THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, being absent, -the case was continued to the next term, when upon further argument by the same counsel, ■

THE COURT (CRANCH, Chief Judge, contra), stopped R. S. Coxe in reply, and decided that Thompson could come in as a general creditor, upon the assets of George King’s estate, for the difference between the amount of sales of the house and lot, and. the amount -of the value of Thompson’s improvements as found by the auditor.