Cohen & Co. v. Morris & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Debtor and Creditor. Insolvency. Injunction and Receiver. Trusts. Equity. Fraud. Before Judge Bran-ham. Floyd County. At Chambers. January 4, 1883. Morris & Company and other creditors of Cohen & Company filed their bill against the debtors, and M. A. Nevin and Z. Zacharias, as assignees of such debtors, and certain preferred creditors under the deed of assignment so made.
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Debtor and Creditor. Insolvency. Injunction and Receiver. Trusts. Equity. Fraud. Before Judge Bran-ham. Floyd County. At Chambers. January 4, 1883. Morris & Company and other creditors of Cohen & Company filed their bill against the debtors, and M. A. Nevin and Z. Zacharias, as assignees of such debtors, and certain preferred creditors under the deed of assignment so made. The bill charged, in brief, as follows: The firm of Cohen & Company is insolvent and neither member thereof is solvent, allowing for exemptions, etc. The firm was composed of M. H. Cohen and Abram Zacharias. On December 4,…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This is a bill filed by certain creditors of Oohen & Company against them and Zacharias and Nevin, their assignees *317•of all their stock of goods, etc., praying that the assignees Re enjoined from proceeding with their trust, and that a receiver be appointed to take charge of it, etc.
1. The complainants are not judgment creditors, but they are cestuis qui trust under the deed of assignment, and in the schedule of creditors their names appear, and the amount of their respective debts. They are not preferred creditors, but interested in a just administration of the trust,…
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