American Trust & Savings Bank v. Gradle
Appellate Court of Illinois
Proceedings Under the Act Relating to Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors.—Appeal from the County Court of Cook County; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The motion of the appellee to dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction is denied. Our reasons are stated in Union Nat. Bank v. Browne-Chapin Lumber Co., 59 Ill. App. post.
The question on this record is as to jurisdiction of the County Court in cases there pending under assignments for the benefit of creditors.
The appellee presented a claim against the assets of Herman Schaffner & Co., of which firm the appellant was assignee, which the court allowed for the sum of $13,115, but in its judgment recited “ That the assignee claims a set-off against said petitioner of $22,087.05 owing to said…
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