In re Assignment of Sherry
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from orders of tbe circuit court for 'Winnebago county: Geo. W. Burnell, Circuit Judge. On. the 17th of November, 1897, Henry Sherry made a voluntary assignment for the benefit of his creditors to one Cameron. On the same- day the Park Falls Paper & Pulp Company and the Ingersoll Land & Lumber Company, corporations of which Sherry was president, also made voluntary assignments to the said Cameron. Cameron qualified as assignee under all the assignments.
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Appeals from orders of tbe circuit court for 'Winnebago county: Geo. W. Burnell, Circuit Judge. On. the 17th of November, 1897, Henry Sherry made a voluntary assignment for the benefit of his creditors to one Cameron. On the same- day the Park Falls Paper & Pulp Company and the Ingersoll Land & Lumber Company, corporations of which Sherry was president, also made voluntary assignments to the said Cameron. Cameron qualified as assignee under all the assignments. Prior to the assignments, Sherry had indorsed notes of the two corporations, and the same were, at the time of the assignments, the…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNslow, J.
A single question is presented upon eacli appeal. On the appeal of the assignee the question is whether a claim arising on the indorsement of commercial paper can be proven against the insolvent estate of the indorser when the paper is not due at the time of the assignment but falls-due within the time allowed for proving claims. On the bank’s appeal the question is whether a creditor who holds the insolvent’s own obligation and the obligation of a third person, indorsed by the insolvent, as collateral thereto, can prove a claim against the insolvent estate on account of the indorsement of…
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