Butler v. Mullen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by the assignees in insolvency of Henry J. Holbrook, an insolvent debtor, to recover a sum of money due from the defendants to Holbrook. It was admitted that the defendants were liable for the amount claimed, unless the following agreed facts furnished a defence.
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Contract by the assignees in insolvency of Henry J. Holbrook, an insolvent debtor, to recover a sum of money due from the defendants to Holbrook. It was admitted that the defendants were liable for the amount claimed, unless the following agreed facts furnished a defence. The defendants were summoned as the trustees of Holbrook in an action brought by Simeon Snow against Holbrook, and were charged as trustees on the 13th of October 1866 on default judgment was entered against Holbrook on the 19th; execution • issued thereon on the 20th; and the defendants on the 22d of the same October paid…
1Opinion of the CourtHoar, J.
The defendants were summoned as trustees, and charged as such upon their default on the 13th of October 61 1866; and a judgment being entered against Holbrook, the principal defendant, on the 19th of the same October, execution issued on the 20th of the same month, and they paid over the amount due upon the execution, upon the demand of the officer who held it, on the 22d day of the same month. A warrant of insolvency issued against Holbrook, October 10,1866, the first publication was made on the next day, and the plaintiffs were appointed assignees of his estate on the 1st of November…
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