Warner v. Mower
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of trespass, for taking certain articles of personal property, which, prior to the 20th day of April 1837, belonged to the Green Mountain Woolen Manufacturing Company. Issue to the court by agreement of the parties. The plaintiff claimed title to the property in question, under a deed of assignment, bearing date on said 20th day of April, 1837, from Henry Hodges, as president of said company.
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This was an action of trespass, for taking certain articles of personal property, which, prior to the 20th day of April 1837, belonged to the Green Mountain Woolen Manufacturing Company. Issue to the court by agreement of the parties. The plaintiff claimed title to the property in question, under a deed of assignment, bearing date on said 20th day of April, 1837, from Henry Hodges, as president of said company. The defendants justified the taking by virtue of several writs of attachment in favor of creditors of said company, issued’and served after the date of said assignment. On the trial in…
1Opinion of the CourtRedfjeld, J.
In this case the plaintiff claims title to 1 the property, by assignment from the Green Mountain Manufacturing Company, and the defendants by virtue of an attachment against the same company. Both parties were, . 7 ,. ,, bona Jide creditors ol the company, and the controversy is one of strict right. The deed of assignment is general, including all the property belonging to the company, and is made in the name of Henry Hodges, president of the'company, and sealed with his private seal.
There can be no question, I apprehend, that corporations of this character, as w’ell as natural persons, may…
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