Legal Opinion

Joliet National Bank v. O'Donnell

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 1, 1896Published

Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors.—Appeal from the County Court of Will County; the Hon. Albert O. Marshall, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the December term, 1895.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Crabtree

The appeal in this case. is prosecuted from an order of the County Court of Will County, denying the petition of appellant, filed in said court, praying that it might be allowed to share pro rata in the assets of the estate of the insolvent firm of Henry Fish & Sons, with those creditors who had filed their claims with the assignee in compliance with the provisions of chapter 72, revised statutes.

It appears that Henry Fish & Sons were bankers, doing business at Joliet, under the name of “Stone City Bank;” that on Hovember 30, 1892, they failed in business and made a general assignment of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Suppiger v. GruazIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Suppiger v. SeybtAppellate Court of Illinois · 1887
  3. Samuel A. Kean & Co. v. LoweIllinois Supreme Court · 1893

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