¶1The creditors of Richard Anderson are entitled to the proceeds of his estate, in the hands of the Commissioners, who made sale of the same, under a former decree of this Court, since which several creditors have been admitted as plaintiffs, upon filing their bills, and agreeing to contribute to the expenses of the suit: they are all equally interested in having a speedy report from the Commissioner, attended with as little expense as possible ; and, as there can be no doubt but that in a scuffle among creditors about funds, they will sufficiently guard the interests of each other, I conceive that this case forms an exception to every other class of cases, and that a creditor, under such circumstances, may at once go before the Commissioner, and have his claim stated, subject to exceptions, as in other cases.
4 Va. 475
Anderson v. Anderson
Decided September 15, 1809
Virginia Chancery Court · decided 1809-09-15
IN this cese, the only question made at the bar was, whether a creditor could be allowed to prove his debt, before the Commissioner, upon filing his bill for that purpose, and before the cause, as to him, was set for hearing, in the regular course of the Court, as to other suits.
Decided 1809-09-15