U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia April 4, 1857 (Fields v. Crawford)

These facts being submitted"'to the court, and being argued by counsel, the court decided that the sheriff, in leaving the property in Johnson’s possession, subjected it, even in the *1081state of Maryland, to be seized upon by any subsequent creditors of Johnson in that state; but even if the levy and execution created a valid lien on the property in that state, yet the bringing of the property