Phipps v. Sedgwick
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
• Those are appeals presented by two’.different parties, against whom' decrees were obtained in the Circuit- Court by the. appellee, Sedgwick, who sued as assignee in bankruptcy of James K. Place and James D. Sparkman, doing .business in the city of New York as partners, under the style of James K. Place & Co.
The controversy in the District Court, where it was commenced, and in the Circuit Court, where it was heard on appeal, turned mainly on questions of fact, to be determined by the weight of evidence; and the most important part of it does, so here. The evidence is voluminous and…
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