Pierce v. Gilkey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon three promissory notes for $1000 each, dated respectively October 11, 1869, June 1, 1870, and January 27, 1871, payable to the order of the plaintiff and signed by the defendants as copartners under the name of Royal Gilkey & Co. The defendant Gilkey (the other defendant having been defaulted) filed an answer setting up a composition in bankruptcy with his creditors, including the plaintiff, under the U. S. St. oí June 22, 1874, § 17, and a tender of the amount…
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Contract upon three promissory notes for $1000 each, dated respectively October 11, 1869, June 1, 1870, and January 27, 1871, payable to the order of the plaintiff and signed by the defendants as copartners under the name of Royal Gilkey & Co. The defendant Gilkey (the other defendant having been defaulted) filed an answer setting up a composition in bankruptcy with his creditors, including the plaintiff, under the U. S. St. oí June 22, 1874, § 17, and a tender of the amount of this composition to the plaintiff. At the trial in this court, without a jury, before Ames, J., it was admitted that…
1Opinion of the Court
Gbay, O. J.
It is unnecessary to consider whether the composition between Gilkey and his creditors covered his partnership as well as his individual debts, because, even if it did, yet, the amount of the composition not having been paid or tendered to the plaintiff, and he not having waived such payment or tender, nor taken any part in the proceedings for a composition, he was not barred of his action. Edwards v. Coombe, L. R. 7 C. P. 519. In re Hatton, L. R. 7 Ch. 723. Ex parte Peacock, L. R. 8 Ch. 682. Goldney v. Lording, L. R. 8 Q. B. 182. Newell v. Van Praagh, L. R. 9 C. P. 96. National…
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