In re Hulbert
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal, by both assignors and assignee, from an ■order modifying a judgment or decree entered upon the accounting of Adrian Van Sinderen as assignee for benefit of creditors of the firm of Merwin, Hulbert & Co. Reported below, 9 Abb. N. C. 132.] Further facts sufficiently appear from the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, Ch. J.
Merwin, Hulbert & Co., of the city of New York, made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors, October 20, 1880, to Adrian Van Sinderen. The inventories were filed on the 19 th day of November, showing nominal assets of §585,843.44, and actual assets §362,359.69. On November 23, the assignee filed his bond in the penal sum of §100,000. Upon the recording of the assignment, October 20, 1880, the assignee took possession of the estate, which consisted of merchandise and book accounts, and placed in charge thereof a person who had been employed as book-keeper by the…
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