Hamilton v. Menominee Falls Quarry Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from orders and a judgment of the circuit court for Racine county: FeaNe M. Eish, Circuit Judge. This is an-action in equity, brought by the plaintiff, as as-signee under a voluntary assignment of the Hadfield Company, an insolvent corporation, against the Menominee Falls Stone Company and the Menomvnee Falls Qucvrry Company, both of which are corporations, to set aside the conveyance of a stone-quarry property, made by the Hadfield Company to the Menominee Falls…
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Appeals from orders and a judgment of the circuit court for Racine county: FeaNe M. Eish, Circuit Judge. This is an-action in equity, brought by the plaintiff, as as-signee under a voluntary assignment of the Hadfield Company, an insolvent corporation, against the Menominee Falls Stone Company and the Menomvnee Falls Qucvrry Company, both of which are corporations, to set aside the conveyance of a stone-quarry property, made by the Hadfield Company to the Menominee Falls Stone Company, as well as a second conveyance of the same property, made by the stone company to the quarry company; both…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed February 2,1900:
WiNstow, J.
As will be seen from the foregoing statement of facts, the trial court did not find actual fraudulent intent on the part of the Hadfields or the Hadfield Company to defraud either existing or prospective creditors of the company in conveying the Menominee quarries to the stone company, although such intent to defraud was charged -in the complaint, but the court found in effect that the Had-field Company was hopelessly insolvent in March, 1890, when the transfer was made; that the transfer was a transfer without consideration by…
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