John V. Farwell Co. v. Wright
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Buffalo county. Tried below before Hamer, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. The mortgages were voluntarily made without the knowledge of some of the mortgagees. By the mortgages Wright & Gregg conveyed all their property. The mortgages were, therefore, fraudulent and void, as being against the assignment law of this state. (Ch. 6, Comp. Stats.; White v. 'Cotzhausen, 9 Supreme Ct. Rep., 309; Kellog v.. Biehardson, 19 Fed.
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Error from the district court of Buffalo county. Tried below before Hamer, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. The mortgages were voluntarily made without the knowledge of some of the mortgagees. By the mortgages Wright & Gregg conveyed all their property. The mortgages were, therefore, fraudulent and void, as being against the assignment law of this state. (Ch. 6, Comp. Stats.; White v. 'Cotzhausen, 9 Supreme Ct. Rep., 309; Kellog v.. Biehardson, 19 Fed. Rep., 70; Kerbs v. Ewing, 22 Fed.. Rep., 693; Freund v. Yaegerman, 26 Fed. Rep., 812; Liming v. Kyle, 31 Neb., 649; Straw v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Ragan, C.
On May 4, 1891, William E. Wright and Charles H. Gregg, under the copartnership name of Wright & Gregg, were engaged in mercantile business in the city of Kearney, Nebraska; and on said date, being largely indebted and in failing circumstances, they executed chattel mortgages on their stock of merchandise as follows: (1) To the Kearney National Bank, $3,575.00; (2) to L. C. Gregg, $1,207.75; (3) to Seigel &Bro., $2,970.95; (4) to Super, Marshall & Co., $635.82. These mortgages were all duly filed on said date in the office of the county clerk of Buffalo county, and possession of the…
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