McLaughlin v. B. B. Noyes Co. & Trs.

On April 14, 1939, the defendant, B. B. Noyes Company executed a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors in the usual form. The assignee was William. A. Davenport. At the time of the assignment, which was duly filed with the Town Clerk of Greenfield and recorded in the Begistry of Deeds for Franklin County, the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff for wages, part of which were for the period within four months of the date of the assignment, and part for an earlier period.

On the day of the assignment, said assignee gave to the plaintiff a check for $19.20, and on the next day,…