West v. Bank of Rutland
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal .from the court of chancery. This was a creditor’s bill, brought by the orator, in behalf of himself and others who might join with him, creditors of one Don Lovell, deceased, insolvent; and the orator, after settingforth his own claim, as creditor, alleged, in substance, that Lovell, in his life time, together with Samuel W. Porter and David Brown, for the benefit and at the request of the Village Falls Manufacturing Company, a corporation doing business in…
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Appeal .from the court of chancery. This was a creditor’s bill, brought by the orator, in behalf of himself and others who might join with him, creditors of one Don Lovell, deceased, insolvent; and the orator, after settingforth his own claim, as creditor, alleged, in substance, that Lovell, in his life time, together with Samuel W. Porter and David Brown, for the benefit and at the request of the Village Falls Manufacturing Company, a corporation doing business in Springfield, signed certain notes to the bank of Rutland, and to the Bank o.f Manchester, and also a nóte to the defendants,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
The subject of marshalling securities and assets is one of very frequent recurrence in courts of equity, and is sometimes attended with no inconsiderable difficulty.
In regard to the proper parties in the present suit I have not deemed it important to spend much time. All the parties interested in the subject matter being before the court, if a proper case is made *408out for the interference of a court of equity, we would hot ordinarily order the suit dismissed in that court on account of any mere informality in the position, in which the…
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