Willes v. Pitkin

By the Court. The law is so upon the facts aforesaid that the money was not liable to be taken as the property of said Troop. Eor 1st, The money received and indorsed on the execution, by the officer, is his special property, for which he is liable to the person to whom it is due; and 2d, The general property is in the assignee, by force of the assignment, and not in the promisee.