Chase v. Tuttle
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Replevin, by the trustees in insolvency of Brown & Brothers, a joint stock corporation, to recover certain personal .property attached by the defendant Tuttle as a deputy sheriff, upon a writ in favor of the National Shoe & Leather Bank, which was also made defendant; brought to the District Court of Waterbury, and heard before Bradstreet, J., who rendered judgment for the plaintiffs.
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Replevin, by the trustees in insolvency of Brown & Brothers, a joint stock corporation, to recover certain personal .property attached by the defendant Tuttle as a deputy sheriff, upon a writ in favor of the National Shoe & Leather Bank, which was also made defendant; brought to the District Court of Waterbury, and heard before Bradstreet, J., who rendered judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendants appealed to the Superior Court for New Haven County, in which court the following facts were found. The corporation of Brown & Brothers was organized in 1858, with a capital of $200,000 divided…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
This is an action of replevin brought by the trustees of Brown & Brothers, an insolvent corporation, for certain goods that were on the 4th of January, 1886, attached by the defendant as a deputy sheriff, on the suit of the National Shoe & Leather Bank of New York against the corporation. On the evening of the same day an assignment for the benefit of all the creditors of the corporation was made, pursuant to a vote of a majority of its directors, as is claimed, which was lodged on file in the probate court, and subsequently accepted, approved and recorded by that court, and the plaintiffs…
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