McKindley, Gilchrist & Co. v. Nourse
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. B. W. Morrison made a general assignment for the benefit of his creditors, and this is a contest as to the division oí the assets between them. The court determined that plaintiffs were entitled to a share of the estate, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Seevers, J.-
The assignment was made on the twenty-third day of May, 1883, and the assignee mailed to the creditors notices of the assignment on the twenty-fifth of said month, and also caused a notice to be published in the Iowa State Register for six consecutive weeks, and made a report of 1ns doings to the court on the twenty-seventh day of August, 1883, the first publication being made on May 26, 1883. Among the pmperty assigned, and which went into the possession of the assignee, were certain goods purchased by Morrison of the plaintiffs, and on May 26, 1883, plaintiffs notified the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re Assignment of HoltSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
3Cited by1 opinion
- James Scott & Sons v. ThomasSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895