U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts July 1, 1856 (Clarke v. Chase)

CURTIS, Circuit Justice.

Tlie first question is, whether the title made by Chase to Butts, by the voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors, can prevail over the attachment. It is admitted at the bar that it is settled law in the supreme court of' Massachusetts, that the assignment could not prevail over the attachment. The cases of Ingraham v. Geyer, 18 Mass. 146, and Zipcey v.