Legal Opinion

McAvoy v. Jennings

Washington Supreme Court

Decided September 26, 1906No. 6130PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered November 17, 1905, in favor of the plaintiff, a creditor, against the garnishee defendant, an assignee for the benefit of creditors.

1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.

On November 19,1903, M. J. Harkins, L. W. Harkins and E. E. Harkins, copartners under the firm name of The Harkins Company, executed with I. H. Jennings, the appellant, herein, a certain agreement in writing. This agreement was to the effect that the Harkinses had been carrying on a general grocery business, and had incurred debts which were enumerated in a list of creditors attached to the agreement, stating that, desiring to pay off such debts, they turned over their property to Jennings on the condition that he should collect the book accounts, sell the property and, after deducting the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Wagner v. LawWashington Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Bergh v. WarnerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
  3. Kohn v. FishbachWashington Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Benham v. HamWashington Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Ephraim v. KelleherWashington Supreme Court · 1892

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3Cited by33 opinions

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  5. National Surety Co. v. UddWashington Supreme Court · 1911

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