Illinois Glass Co. v. United States Horse-Radish Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Saginaw; Gage, J. Bill by the Illinois Glass Company against the United States Horse-Radish Company and John B. Eddington, personally and as assignee for the benefit of creditors of the defendant company, to obtain the allowance of an account as a preferred claim. From a decree for complainant, Wallis Craig Smith, one of the creditors of the defendant corporation, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The complainant and the United States Horse-Radish Company were, respectively, Illinois and Michigan corporations. The latter prepared and marketed horse-radish at and from Saginaw, Mich. Wallis Craig Smith was a stockholder, president, and a creditor to a large amount of the Horse-Radish Company, and he is the appealing creditor in this proceeding, which relates to a claim of the Illinois Glass Company. A chronological statement of certain facts will make the controversy plain.
*522The relations of the parties began with a contract of which the following is a copy:
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