Streeter v. Jefferson County Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, On each of the dates, January 21 and February 7, and February 12, 1877, at the city of Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, .Henry Y. Cadwell, James 0. Cadwell, and Lewis A. Cadwell, copartners doing business as such under the firm name of H. Y. Cad well & Co., executed their promissory note, payable one month from’ date, to the order of H. Y. Cadwell & Co. at the Jefferson County National Bank of Watertown, New York,…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, On each of the dates, January 21 and February 7, and February 12, 1877, at the city of Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, .Henry Y. Cadwell, James 0. Cadwell, and Lewis A. Cadwell, copartners doing business as such under the firm name of H. Y. Cad well & Co., executed their promissory note, payable one month from’ date, to the order of H. Y. Cadwell & Co. at the Jefferson County National Bank of Watertown, New York, the first two notes being for the sum of $1000 each, and the third for $750. Each of said notes was endorsed by the firm…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shirks
John 0. Streeter, the plaintiff in error, contends that the •record discloses, as matter of fact, that the Jefferson County National Bank, being the holder of certain promissory notes made by the firm of H. Y. Cad well & Co. entered into a collusive arrangement with said firm, who were insolvent at the time, and who were shortly afterwards adjudged bankrupts, whereby the bank was, by procuring judgment on said notes, to obtain an illegal preference over other creditors of the firm; that, by reason of this collusive arrangement, the bank disabled itself from proving its claim on these notes…
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