Case Name: Bank of the United States v. David Peter's Heirs
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1838-11
Citations: 5 Cranch 485
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bank of the United States v. David Peter’s Heirs.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 5
Pages: 485–485

Head Matter:
Bank of the United States v. David Peter’s Heirs.
The only cases in which the Court has permitted the heirs of a deceased debtor to have the rents and profits until the sale of real estate sold to pay the debts of the ancestor, are cases of sale under the Act of Maryland for deficiency of personal assets.
Mr. Marbury, for the defendants,
the heirs of David Peter, moved the Court to order the interest of the proceeds of the sales of the lands and lots to be paid to the heirs, because if they had not been sold, they would have been entitled to receive the rents and profits until a sale under the will of David Peter. There had been an agreement that the property should be sold, and the proceeds stand in the place of the land; but no reservation was made of the interest for the benefit of the heirs.

Opinion:
The Court, however,
(Thruston, J.,
absent,) refused ; and said, the only cases in which the Court had permitted the heirs to have the rents and profits until sale, were cases of sale under the Act of Assembly of Maryland, of 1785, c. 72, for deficiency of personal assets.