Hunt v. Jackson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This was a demurrer to a bill in equity. The plaintiffs [Frederick Hunt and others] were aliens, and assignees in bankruptcy, under the laws of Great Britain, of one Golding, an insolvent merchant of London. The defendant [Abraham J. Jackson] was a citizen of the state of New York, residing in the city of New York.
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This was a demurrer to a bill in equity. The plaintiffs [Frederick Hunt and others] were aliens, and assignees in bankruptcy, under the laws of Great Britain, of one Golding, an insolvent merchant of London. The defendant [Abraham J. Jackson] was a citizen of the state of New York, residing in the city of New York. The material allegations of the bill were, that the bankrupt, Golding, before his bankruptcy, carried on business as a merchant in London; that, on the 21st of April, 1864, he consigned to the defendant, a merchant in New lork, an invoice of diamonds, of the value of £1,-227.12.6,…
1Opinion of the Court
SHIPMAN, District Judge.
The right of foreign assignees in bankruptcy to maintain suits in the courts of this country,, and the extent of that right, if any exists, have been repeatedly and elaborately discussed, both by elementary writers and in judicial opinions. Great diversities of views have been expressed, and different results reached in different cases.- Ño advantage would be gained by a rehearsal of these-discussions here. In nearly all of the cases where the rights of the foreign assignees have been contested, there has been a conflict between their alleged rights and the claims of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hoyt v. . Thompson'sNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Willitts v. . WaiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Mosselman v. CaenNew York Supreme Court · 1861
3Cited by2 opinions
- Matter of Accounting of WaiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Cuykendall v. MilesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1882