Case Name: M'Loud v. Roberts et al.; and Shore v. Same
Court: Superior Court of Chancery of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1809
Citations: 4 Hen. & M. 443
Docket Number: 
Parties: M’Loud v. Roberts et al. and Shore v. Same.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 943–943

Head Matter:
M’Loud v. Roberts et al. and Shore v. Same.
Spring- Vacation,
1809.
Suit to Sell Lauds in Possession oí Heirs — Account oí Personal Assets. — In suits to subject to the payment of debts, lands in the possession of heirs, the constant course, where there is no speciiic lien, is, first to take, an account of the personal assets.
These suits were brought to subject lands in possession of heirs, to the payment of their ancestor’s debts, and *now the counsel for the plaintiff moved for decrees to sell the lands.

Opinion:
By the Chancellor.
The constant course of the Court is, never to decree a sale of lands, (supposing it to be proper,) in the possession of the heirs, to pay debts, unless the creditors first take an account of the personal assets, except there be a specific lien, on the lands, and therefore the Court can only order an account, at this time; which was done accordingly.