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[[File:MunfordsReports1814V2CouttsvGreenhow.pdf|link=Media:MunfordsReports1814V2CouttsvGreenhow.pdf|thumb|right|300px|First page of the opinion [[Media:MunfordsReports1814V2CouttsvGreenhow.pdf|''Coutts v. Greenhow'']], in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/2099031 ''Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia''], by William Munford. New York: I. Riley, 1814.]]
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[[File:MunfordsReports1814V2CouttsvGreenhow.jpg|link=Media:MunfordsReports1814V2CouttsvGreenhow.pdf|thumb|right|300px|First page of the opinion [[Media:MunfordsReports1814V2CouttsvGreenhow.pdf|''Coutts v. Greenhow'']], in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21560678820003196 ''Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia''], by William Munford. New York: I. Riley, 1814.]]
 
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[[Media:MunfordsReports1814V2CouttsvGreenhow.pdf|''Coutts v. Greenhow'']], Munford Vol. II 363 (1811), <ref>William Munford, ''[[Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia]]'' (New York: I. Riley, 1814), 363.</ref> was a property dispute regarding whether the property should go to children born to the parties before the marriage (illegitimate children) per a marriage settlement or to a creditor to disburse debts.  
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[[Media:MunfordsReports1814V2CouttsvGreenhow.pdf|''Coutts v. Greenhow'']], Munford Vol. II 363 (1811), <ref>William Munford, ''Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia'' (New York: I. Riley, 1814), 2:363.</ref> was a property dispute regarding whether the property should go to children born to the parties before the marriage (illegitimate children) per a marriage settlement or to a creditor to disburse debts.  
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
 
Coutts owed a debt to Greenhow. To recover that debt, Greenhow attempt to foreclose property that was devised to Coutts children, who were born out of wedlock.  
 
Coutts owed a debt to Greenhow. To recover that debt, Greenhow attempt to foreclose property that was devised to Coutts children, who were born out of wedlock.  
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===The Court's Decision===
 
===The Court's Decision===
 
Chancellor Wythe decreed that the creditor should be able to foreclose the property. The Court of Appeals reversed.
 
Chancellor Wythe decreed that the creditor should be able to foreclose the property. The Court of Appeals reversed.
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==See also==
 
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*[[Wythe's Judicial Career]]
 
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Revision as of 15:04, 4 March 2018

Coutts v. Greenhow, Munford Vol. II 363 (1811), [1] was a property dispute regarding whether the property should go to children born to the parties before the marriage (illegitimate children) per a marriage settlement or to a creditor to disburse debts.

Background

Coutts owed a debt to Greenhow. To recover that debt, Greenhow attempt to foreclose property that was devised to Coutts children, who were born out of wedlock.

The Court's Decision

Chancellor Wythe decreed that the creditor should be able to foreclose the property. The Court of Appeals reversed.

See also

References

  1. William Munford, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (New York: I. Riley, 1814), 2:363.