Curtis v. Leavitt
New York Supreme Court
Application to the court, by a special receiver, for instructions. The facts on which the application was based, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMitohell, P. J.
In December, 1842, John J. Palmer, after these two suits were instituted, was appointed special receiver to take and hold, under the direction of the court, certain property formerly of the North American Trust and Banking Company. The special receiver collected $1,100,000 and upwards, and deposited it in the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, and still has a large amount of property not yet converted into money. After a long controversy, a decree was made in both causes, sustaining the claims of creditors under the trust instruments executed by the company, and directing the special…
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