Buck v. Ross
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the value of certain assets of an insolvent manufacturing company, alleged to have been transferred to the defendant in exchange for his stock, and in fraud of the creditors of the company; Brought to the Superior Court in Windham County and tried to the court, Robinson, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The plaintiff is the trustee in insolvency of the W. Gr. & A. R. Morrison Company, a corporation legally organized pursuant to the laws of this State, and located at Windham. That corporation was declared on the *3028th day of February, 1894, to be insolvent, by the Court of Probate for the district of Windham, and the plaintiff was appointed the trustee. The defendant had been a stockholder in that corporation, owning forty shares of its stock of the par value of $100 each.
The complaint alleges that said corporation was on the 29th day of July, 1889, insolvent, and thereafter continued to be so…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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