Case Name: MARTIN v. ABBOT, Adm'r and Trustee
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1821-10
Citations: 1 Me. 333
Docket Number: 
Parties: MARTIN v. ABBOT, Adm’r and Trustee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 333–333

Head Matter:
MARTIN v. ABBOT, Adm’r and Trustee.
A foreign attachment is dissolved upon the death of the debtor and the issuing of a commission of insolvency upon his estate.
A.FTER the commencement of this suit, and after the examination of the trustee, the original defendant died, his estate was represented insolvent, and commissioners were appointed to receive and examine the claims of creditors ; and the question was, whether the foreign attachment was thereby dissolved 1
Thayer, for the plaintiff.
Abbot, for the defendant.

Opinion:
And the Court were all of opinion that it was. They observed that by law the estate of a deceased insolvent debtor is to be distributed pro rata among all his creditors. And by Stat. 1783. ch. 59. sec. 2. [Revised Statutes ch. 60. sec. 32.] the attachment of any estate is to have no force or efficacy after the death of the defendant and the issuing of a commission of insolvency upon his estate. The intent of the law plainly is, that whatever is liable to distribution shall be freed from attachment ; and this applies as well to money due to the debtor, as to his visible goods. See Patterson & al. v. Patten, 15 Mass. 473.