Hatch v. Bancroft-Thompson Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan
This was a creditors’ bill brought by Edward P. Hatch, doing business under the firm name and style of Lord & Taylor, against the Bancroft-Thompson Company, Frederick A. Bancroft, John W. Thompson, Charles B. Hawley, William Butler, Lawrence E. Christopher, Benjamin M. Hawley, Joseph W. Fitzgerald, and John L. Bassingthwait. The case was heard upon exceptions to the answer, and also upon a motion to quash the plea.
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This was a creditors’ bill brought by Edward P. Hatch, doing business under the firm name and style of Lord & Taylor, against the Bancroft-Thompson Company, Frederick A. Bancroft, John W. Thompson, Charles B. Hawley, William Butler, Lawrence E. Christopher, Benjamin M. Hawley, Joseph W. Fitzgerald, and John L. Bassingthwait. The case was heard upon exceptions to the answer, and also upon a motion to quash the plea. The bill of complaint in this cause was filed on the 4th day of September, 1893, and shows that the complainant, who is a citizen of the state of New York, obtained a judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtSwan, District Judge
(after stating the facts). The plea in this cause, in accordance with the requirements of general equity rule 31, has attached the certificate of counsel that, in his opinion, it is well founded in point of law, and it is supported by the affidavit of the defendants Bancroft, Hawley, Thompson, and Bassingthwait that it is not interposed for delay, and is true in point of fact By general equity rule 33, it is provided that the plaintiff may set down the plea to be argued, or he may take issue upon it, and if, upon an issue, “the facts stated in the plea be determined for the defendant, they…
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