LAW TIMES REPORTS. A COLLECTION OF LEADING CASES DECIDED IN THE COURTS OF THE RESORT OF THE STATES. : EDITED BY " It is impossible but in process of time, as well from the nature of things chang- NEW SERIES. – VOLUME I. NEW YORK: 1874. LIBRARY OF THE LELAND STITIIRD JR? UNIVERSITY. a. ##048243143 AUG 27 1900 RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: H. 0. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY. TABLE OF CASES. PAGE 1 PAGE 472 Adams Ex. Co. (Bank of Ky. v.) . 451 | Florence S. M. Co. (G. & B. S. M. 107 R. R. Co. . . . . . . . . 8 Carris v. Carris . .......4 41 Gorman (Commissioners of Boise Cent. Pac. R. R. Co. (Huntington v.) 94 94 Co. v.). . . . . . . . 349 Champion, The . . . . . . . 493 Graves v. Lebanon Nat'l Bank : 59 City Nat'l Bank of Grand Rapids Gray v. Rollo . . . . . . . 195 (Fourth Nat'l Bank of Chicago Griffiths, in re . ..... . 476 v.) . . . . . . . . . 386 Grover & Baker S. M. Co. v. FlorCity of Watertown (Rees v.) . . 300 ence S. M. Co. . . . . . . 389 Cobb v. Bennett . . . . . . 172 Hager v. Hill . . . . . . . 139 Commissioners of Boise Co. v. Gor Hailes v. Van Wormer . . . . 75 man . . . . . . . . . . 349 | Hayner v. Smith . . . . . . 508 Commonwealth (Jones v.) . . . 266 | Heaton v. Fryberger . . . . . 807 - v. Lockwood ..... 141 Hecker (Rumford Chem. Works v.) 519 - (Murphy v.) . . . . . 486 | Herron (U. S. v.) .... .. 274 Conawango Pet. Ref. Co. v. Cun. Hestonville, &c. R. R. Co.(Crissy v.) 166 ningham . . . . . . .. . . 57 57 | Hill, in re . . . . . . . . 421 Conn. Mut. Life Ins. Co. (Covers Hill (Hager v.) . . . . . . . 139 - v. Whitcomb . . . . . 382 Conn. Mut. Life ins. Co. (Moore v.) 319 Horn v. Lockhart ...... 55 Cooledge v. McCone ....: 214 Howard (Masterson v.) .. Coverston v. Conn. Mut. Life Ins. Huntington v. Cent. Pac. R. R. Co. 94 Co. . . . . . . . . . . 239 | Hyde v. Woods . . . . . . 354 Crissy v. Hestonville, &c. R. R. Co. 166 Imperial Ottoman Bank(Borries v.) 181 Cunningham (Conawango Pet. Ref. Indianapolis & St. L. R. R. Co. v. Co. v.) . . . . . . . . . 57 | Galbreath . . . . . . . . 473 Davenport v. Underwood .. 16 Ins. Co. (De Lancy v.) . . 80 Davis (Supervisors of Knox Co. v.) 461 Ives (Warren v.) ...... 363 Dearborn (Campbell v.) ...107 Jackson (Ethridge v.). .... 271 Deckert, in re . . . . . . . 336 Jenkins (Self v.) . . . . . . 368 De Lancey v. Ins. Co. ..., 80 Jermyn ù. Moffitt...... 367 Dorgan v. Telegraph Co. ... 406 Jones v. The Commonwealth. . 266 Ethridge v. Jackson · · · · · 271 Keeler, in re . . . . . . . . 422 Excelsior Ins. Co. v. Royal Ins. Co. 331 Kirk (Weir v.) . . . . . . . 37 Fairbury, &c. R. R. Co. (Lange Lange, in re . . . . . . . . 257 bar v.). . . . . . . . . 101 | Langebar v. Fairbury, &c. R. R. Co. 101 Finch (Washington University v.). 152 Laverick (Searle v.). 174 Fitchburg R. R. Co. (Ford v.). . 501 Lea v. Wolff. ....... 400 -Met. Com. Casting Co. v.) 135 | Lebanon Nat'l Bank (Graves v.) Flood (Ward v.) ...... 204 | Lee v. Rodgers . . . . 155 es v.) . 59 . . . 218 . . 444 Leonard v. Storer ...... 414 | Rodgers (Lee v.) . R. Co. v.) . . . . . . . . 169 ley . . . . . . . . . . 132 Lord v. Price . . . . . . . 193 Scull, in re . . . . . . . . 416 Lyons, in re . . . . . . . . 167 Searle v. Laverick . . . . . . 174 McCann v. Ætna Ins. Co. . 232 Second National Bank of Chicago McCone (Cooledge v.) .... 214 (Main v.) . . . . . . . . 471 McIntyre v. Cagley . . . . . 104 | Self v. Jenkins . . . . . . . 368 McVeigh (Underwood v.) ... Sleek v. Turner's Assignee . . . 485 cago . . . . . . . . . . - (Minturn v.) . . . . . 507 Solomon, in re . . . . . . . 351 cisco . . . . . . . . . . 56 Starr v. Stark . . . . . . . Mass. Nat'l Bank (Matthews v.) . 512 State (Bartemeyer v.). ..i. 200 Masterson v. Howard . . . . . 155 Storer (Leonard v.) . . . . . 414 Matthews v. Mass. Nat'l Bank . . 512 Supervisors of Carroll Co. v. U. S. May v. May . . . . . . . . 123 &c. . . . . . . . . . . 64 Mayor, &c. of Nashville v. Ray . 248 Supervisors of Knox Co. v. Davis . 461 Merrifield v. City of Worcester · 480 Supervisors of Putnam Co. (Nu- Metallic Compression Casting Co. gent v.). . . . . . . . . 376 Minturn v. Smith ...... 507 Telegraph Co. (Dorgan v.) . . . 406 Moffit (Jermyn v.) . . . . . . 367 | Tiffany v. National Bank of Mis- Moore v. Conn. Mut. Life Ins. Co. 319 souri . . . . . . . . . . 158 Morey v. N. Y. Life Ins. Co... 160 | Tome v. Parkersburg Branch R. R. Murphy v. The Commonwealth · 486 | Co. . . . . . . . . . . 426 Nash v. Fugate ....... 69 Turner's Assignee (Sleek v.) .. (Scott v.) . . . . . . . . 132 - v. McVeigh . . . . . 281 National Bank of Mo. (Tiffany v.) 158 - (United Society of Shakers N. Y. C. R. R. Co. v. Lockwood : 21 N. Y. Life Ins. Co. (Morey v.). . 160 | U. P. R. R. Co. v. Fort . . . . 121 No. Ca. R. R. Co. (Swasey v.). . 359 United Society of Shakers v. Un- 341 423 People v. Cage . . . . . . . 127 Warren v. Ives . . . . . . . 363 Perry v. Smoot ....... 234 Washington University v. Finch . 152 Phila. & Reading R. R. Co. v. Long 169 | Weir v. Kirk . . . . . . . 37 Price (Lord v.) . . . . . . . 193 | Whitcomb (Hill v.) . . . . . 382 Ray (Mayor, &c. of Nashville v.) . 248 Wilson v. Bank of St. Paul. Rees v. City of Watertown . . . 300 Winpenny (Schlater v.) . . . . 198 Richardson (Palmer v.) . . . . 163 Wolff (Lea v.) . . . . . . . 400 Richmond (Ould v.) . . . . . 241 | Woods (Hyde v.) . . . . . . 354 Robinson, in re . . . . . . . 326 Worcester, City of (Merrifield v.). 480 16 THE AMERICAN LAW TIMES REPORTS : A COLLECTION OF DECIDED IN THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND COURTS OF FINAL APPEAL OF ALL THE STATES. NEW SERIES. — JANUARY, 1874. — Vol. I., No. 1. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. [DECEMBER, 1873.] BANKRUPTCY. — FRAUDULENT PREFERENCE. — JUDGMENT AND LEVY OF EXECUTION. WILSON v. BANK OF ST. PAUL. Something more than passive non-resistance in an insolvent debtor is necessary to invalidate a judgment and levy on his property when the debt is due and he has no deferece. In such case there is no legal obligation on the debtor to file a petition in bankruptcy to prevent the judgment and levy, and a failure to do so is not sufficient evidence of an intent to give a preference to the judgment creditor, or to defeat the opera tion of the bankrupt law. Though the judgment creditor in such a case may know the insolvent condition of the debtor, his judgment and levy upon his property are not, therefore, void, and are no violation of the act. A lien thus obtained by him will not be displaced by subsequent proceedings in bankruptcy, though commenced within four months after levy of the execution or rendition of the judgment. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court. This case comes before us on a certificate of division in opinion between the circuit and district judges for the District of Minnesota. The statement of facts and the questions certified are as follows: The complainant is the assignee in bankruptcy of the firm of Vanderhoof Bros., lately merchants in the city of St. Paul. The defendant is the City Bank of St. Paul. The bill is filed to determine which of the parties is entitled to the stock of goods of the bankrupts, or the proceeds thereof. The assignee claims the goods, or the proceeds thereof, as VOL. I. |