Hawkins v. Blake

Citations

• 108 U.S. 422
• 2 S. Ct. 804
• 27 L. Ed. 775
• 1883 U.S. LEXIS 1053

Syllabus

<p>Assignees in Bankruptcy — Equity—Mandate—Parties—Practice.</p> <p>On appeal from the decree of the court below executing the mandate of the court on the judgment entered in Blake v. Mawkins, 98 U. S. 315: Meld,</p> <p>1. That it was no error in the execution of the mandate to permit a new party to become party and set up rights under the decree, when it appears by the record that all parties consented.</p> <p>2. That there was no error in charging the amount found due to the appelleess as next of kin, upon the real estate conveyed to Deveretix by his mother, and in the hands of his assignees in bankruptcy; and the assignees took the estate charged with the specific equity to which- it was subject in the bankrupt’s hands, and must hold and apply it to the purposes to which in equity it is devoted.</p>