Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court October 15, 1820 (Denny v. Hamilton)

Parker, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court. The principal argument in support of the defendant’s plea is, that a fair con struction of the statute, which, in the sixth section, provides for the disposition of money arising from sales of rights in equity to redeem lands, shares in the stock of incorporated companies, and personal chattels, where there are several executions, requires that