Butler v. Wendell
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to the Superior Court of Detroit. (Chipman, J.) Assumpsit. Plaintiff brings error. When an assignment for the benefit of creditors is legal in the state where it is made, it cannot be impeached elsewhere for non-conformity to law : Bentley v.Whitiemore 19 N. J. Eq. 462 ; Moore v. Bonnell 2 Yroom. 90 ; Burlock v. Taylor 16 Pick. 335 ; Sanderson v. Bradford, 10 N. H. 265 ; Daniels v. Willard 16 Pick. 36 ; Chaffee v. Fourth National Bank 71 Me. 523 ; Ock.erm.an v. Cross…
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Error to the Superior Court of Detroit. (Chipman, J.) Assumpsit. Plaintiff brings error. When an assignment for the benefit of creditors is legal in the state where it is made, it cannot be impeached elsewhere for non-conformity to law : Bentley v.Whitiemore 19 N. J. Eq. 462 ; Moore v. Bonnell 2 Yroom. 90 ; Burlock v. Taylor 16 Pick. 335 ; Sanderson v. Bradford, 10 N. H. 265 ; Daniels v. Willard 16 Pick. 36 ; Chaffee v. Fourth National Bank 71 Me. 523 ; Ock.erm.an v. Cross 54 N. Y. 29; Bholen v. Cleveland 5 Mason 174; JJ. S. v. Bank of U. S. 8 Rob. (La.) 262, 341; Forbes v. Scam nell 13 Cal.…
1Opinion of the Court
Champlin, ¡T.
This suit was brought by the plaintiff to recover from defendants a balance of account which defendants owed to Bultman, Tompkins & Co., of New York, which had been assigned to plaintiff. On April 26, 1884, the defendants, who reside at Detroit, Michigan, owed to Bultman, Tompkins & Co., citizens of New York, an indebtedness of about $420. On this day Bultman, Tompkins & Co. made a general assignment for their creditors, a copy of which is given in the record, and appears to be an ordinary common-law assignment of all their property, with preferences to certain of their…
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