Segee v. Downes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Trustee process. Writ dated September 22,1884. Arthui’ F. Williams was summoned as trustee of the principal defendant ; and Edward A. Foster appeared as claimant of the funds in the hands of the trustee, under an assignment from the defendant Downes. The case was submitted to the Superior • Court, on an agreed statement of facts signed by the plaintiffs, by the assignees in insolvency of the defendants, and by the claimant.
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Trustee process. Writ dated September 22,1884. Arthui’ F. Williams was summoned as trustee of the principal defendant ; and Edward A. Foster appeared as claimant of the funds in the hands of the trustee, under an assignment from the defendant Downes. The case was submitted to the Superior • Court, on an agreed statement of facts signed by the plaintiffs, by the assignees in insolvency of the defendants, and by the claimant. That court found that the claimant’s claim was not sustained; charged the trustee upon his answer; and, the defendants being defaulted, ordered judgment for the…
1Opinion of the CourtMobton, C. J.
The assignment from the defendant Downes to the claimant, dated March 10, 1884, purports to transfer “ all claims and demands which I now have, and all which, at any time between the date hereof and the first day of May, 1884, next, I may and shall have against Arthur F. Williams and Company, of said Boston, for all sums of money due, and for all sums of money and demand which, at any time between the date hereof and the said first day of May, 1884, next, may and shall become due to me, for services as sub-contractor, meaning especially to transfer all sums of money falling due to me by said…
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