In re Cook
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
This was a petition by Clara M. Davis, to obtain satisfaction, out or funds in the hands of the assignee, of a judgment recovered by her against Charles R. Gleason, one of the bankrupts. The facts appear fully in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HOPKINS, District Judge.
The questions raised in this case are of far more than ordinary importance to the whole mercantile community. The bankrupts entered into a mercantile and lumbering partnership in the year 1808, Cook agreeing to put in one-third of the capital, and Gleason two-thirds. Cook, it is claimed, did not put in his share, and what he did put in he drew out, principally before the 1st of January, 1S71. The firm, in December, 1870, were threatened with bankruptcy proceedings, and were largely insolvent. About the first of January, 1871, the firm dissolved, and Cook agreed to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kirby v. SchoonmakerNew York Court of Chancery · 1848
- Bird v. MorrisonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
- Ketchum v. DurkeeNew York Court of Chancery · 1846
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- In re TerensDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1910
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- Howell v. TeelNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1878
- Wooldridge v. IrvingUnited States Circuit Court · 1884
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