Beckwith v. Butler'
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Beckwith v. Butler, Washington Vol. I 224 (1793),[1] was a case regarding the distribution of a personal estate after the fraudulent acquisition of the estate by one of its heirs. Introduction and summary.
Background
Beckwith, Butler, and others sued Jonathan Beckwith in the High Court of Chancery requesting for a distribution of the personal estate of Sir Marmaduke Beckwith. The respondents stated that Sir Marmaduke made a fraudulent deed to Jonathan Beckwith for 14 slaves and that the slaves should actually be divided among the appellees.
The Court's Decision
Chancellor Wythe decreed that Jonathan Beckwith was to pay the appellees an assigned amount out of the estate. The Court of Appeals affirmed the case and remitted to the High Court of Chancery for a hearing since the decree contained a mistake by the clerk.
See also
References
- ↑ Bushrod Washington, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Virginia, (Richmond: T. Nicolson, 1798), 224.
