Woodbridge v. Wright
Supreme Court of Connecticut
THIS was an an action of assumpsit for goods sold and delivered. Goods, to the amount of the plaintiff’s demand, which were his property, were sold, by Dorimus and Wilbur, to the defendants, in September, 1816. A bill of them was given, by jjor¡mus an(j ffUfjur^ jn (heir own names, according to the .custom of factors ; and payment was to have been made to them ; but the defendants were ignorant that they acted as factors in the sale.
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THIS was an an action of assumpsit for goods sold and delivered. Goods, to the amount of the plaintiff’s demand, which were his property, were sold, by Dorimus and Wilbur, to the defendants, in September, 1816. A bill of them was given, by jjor¡mus an(j ffUfjur^ jn (heir own names, according to the .custom of factors ; and payment was to have been made to them ; but the defendants were ignorant that they acted as factors in the sale. On the 19th ot'May, 1817, the defendant, Wright, was duly discharged, under the insolvent law of the state of New- York, passed the 12th of April, 1813. A…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
In 1816, the defendants, residing in New- York, purchased the plaintiff’s goods of his factors, Dorimus and Wilbur. In 1817, the defendant, Wright, was discharged, urn derthe insolventdaws of that state. Dorimus and Wilbur received a dividend on the debt, but refused to sign the diS' charge, and then made known, for the first time, that the goods were the plaintiff’s. The defendant, Wright, coming into this state, was sued by the plaintiff; and the question now is, whether on judgment being rendered, execution shall be issued against his body and estate, or against his estate only,
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