In Lessee of William L. Brown and Wife v. Joseph Clements and Jonathan Hunt, the Supreme Court was asked to decide whether a deed from an individual that had been assigned by him to another party could be enforced against the assignee’s creditors in a court of law. The plaintiff argued that they were entitled to enforce the deed as it had been properly executed according to state laws, while defendants argued that their rights as creditors should take precedence over any assignment made by their debtor prior to them being granted credit. After considering both sides' arguments, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, finding that assignments are valid contracts under state law and can be enforced against creditors if they have not already obtained security for their debt before entering into such agreements with debtors.

In the case of Lessee of William L. Brown and Wife v. Joseph Clements and Jonathan Hunt, the dissenting opinion was that a lessee's right to possession should be protected by law even if they were not in actual physical possession at the time their lease expired. The majority opinion held that since the lessees had failed to pay rent for two years after their lease expired, they no longer had any legal rights to possess or occupy the property; however, Justice McLean argued this decision did not take into account other factors such as whether or not there was an agreement between both parties regarding payment terms or if it could be proven that either party acted fraudulently during negotiations over renewal of said lease. He further argued that regardless of what happened prior to expiration date, a tenant still has some form of protection from eviction due to circumstances beyond his control which may have prevented him from being able to fulfill his obligations under contract.