Mr. Justice Field, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. This is a suit in equity to subject the property of the defendants to the payment of a .simple contract debt of one of them, in advance of. any proceedings at law, either to establish the validity and amount of the debt, or to enforce its collection. It is'- founded upon sections 18…
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