First National Bank v. E. T. Barnum Wire & Iron Works

This is a chancery cause begun for the pur*316pose of administering an assigned estate, and a receiver was appointed by consent, and with certain agreed powers and conditions. During the progress of the proceedings, Henry M. Duffield, who is recognized as a previous attaching creditor, but whose suit in attachment is not yet disposed of, filed a petition seeking relief and the removal of the receiver, on various charges of illegal conduct, involving among other things alleged collusion with certain alleged creditors and parties, whereby they were given advantages over petitioner and other…