Union Trust Co. v. Amery
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered November 9, 1910, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action for money received.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
Plaintiff, a trustee in bankruptcy for the estate of Syphers Machinery Company, a corporation, brought this action to recover from the defendant a sum of money paid to him by the bankrupt corporation, for 5,500 shares of its capital stock, purchased from him by the corporation prior to the time it was adjudged a bankrupt. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained, and a judgment of dismissal entered. The plaintiff has appealed.
The complaint, in substance, avers that the Syphers Machinery Company, a Washington corporation, was adjudged a bankrupt in the United States district court, Eastern…
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