Hersum v. Homsey

Action of contract brought against Samuel Hornsey of Delaware by trustee writ dated June 5, 1958. The trustee answered that he had no goods, effects or credits of the defendant at the time of service, but that he did hold property owned by the defendant and another jointly. To the refusal of the court to charge the trustee on his answer the plaintiff brings this' report.

It appears that the defendant, Samuel Hornsey and his wife, Victorine Hornsey, were on June 4, 1958 joint owners of shares in the Pilgrim National Bank of Boston. On June 2, 1958 the trustee was appointed Liquidating Agent of…