Gordon v. Coolidge
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
[This was a suit by George W. Gordon and his administrator against George S. Coolidge and his trustees.] This case came before the court upon a disclosure of the trustees, McGaw and Hatch. The facts upon which it turns are as follows: McGaw and Hatch are attorneys at law and partners in business at Bangor. Previous to the month of October, 1831, Loring and Kup-fer, of Boston, sent to McGaw and Hatch a note of the defendant, Coolidge, for $358.56 and interest, for collection.
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[This was a suit by George W. Gordon and his administrator against George S. Coolidge and his trustees.] This case came before the court upon a disclosure of the trustees, McGaw and Hatch. The facts upon which it turns are as follows: McGaw and Hatch are attorneys at law and partners in business at Bangor. Previous to the month of October, 1831, Loring and Kup-fer, of Boston, sent to McGaw and Hatch a note of the defendant, Coolidge, for $358.56 and interest, for collection. At the same time an account was forwarded to them by Bradley and Sigourney against Coolidge, for $460.30, for…
1Opinion of the CourtStory, Circuit Justice
(after stating the facts). Such are the material facts apparent upon the disclosures of McGaw and Hatch. If the debts of Copeland and Love-vring, and Gilman, Pritchard, & Co., can take effect under the assignment, the balance in the hands of the trustees is about $163.07; and this is subject to the claims for services of the assignees, McGaw and Hatch. . If both of these debts are unpreferred, the plaintiffs have an ample security for their own debts; and if either of them is unpreferred, there will be a considerable balance in the hands of the trustees. Under these circumstances two points…
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