Rockville National Bank v. Latham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by tbe plaintiff from an order of tbe Court of Probate for the district of East Windsor approving and confirming the appointment of the defendant Latham as trustee in insolvency of the estate of the defendant Talcott, taken to the Superior Court in Hartford County where a demurrer to the reasons of appeal was overruled (Holcomb, J.) and, after answer, a demurrer thereto was sustained (Case, J.), and no amendment of the answer having been filed, judgment was rendered…
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Appeal by tbe plaintiff from an order of tbe Court of Probate for the district of East Windsor approving and confirming the appointment of the defendant Latham as trustee in insolvency of the estate of the defendant Talcott, taken to the Superior Court in Hartford County where a demurrer to the reasons of appeal was overruled (Holcomb, J.) and, after answer, a demurrer thereto was sustained (Case, J.), and no amendment of the answer having been filed, judgment was rendered revoking and setting aside said probate order, from which the defendants appealed. The pleadings admitted by the…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
“The Constitution of the United States gives Congress power to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States. At the date of the assignment to the plaintiff such laws had been established. They covered, so far as respects the rights of the parties to the case at bar, the same field previously occupied by the insolvent laws of this State, and consequently they superseded them.” This statement, taken from the opinion in Ketcham v. McNamara, 72 Conn. 709, 711, 46 Atl. 146, by the substitution of the words “appellee Latham” for “plaintiff,” sums up the…
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