First National Bank v. Hirschkowitz
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia county. Statement. The First National Bank of Pensacola, a corporation, one of the appellants, filed its bill in equity in the Circuit Court of Escambia county on the 9th day of June, 1898, against Dora Hirschkowitz and Joseph Hirschkowitz, two of the appellees, alleging in substance therein as follows: That complainant was a corporation doing business in the city of Pensacola, Florida; that the…
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This case was decided by Division A. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia county. Statement. The First National Bank of Pensacola, a corporation, one of the appellants, filed its bill in equity in the Circuit Court of Escambia county on the 9th day of June, 1898, against Dora Hirschkowitz and Joseph Hirschkowitz, two of the appellees, alleging in substance therein as follows: That complainant was a corporation doing business in the city of Pensacola, Florida; that the defendant Dora Hirschkowitz was the wife of the defendant, Joseph Plirschkowitz, both of said defendants residing in the…
1Opinion of the CourtShackurrord, J.
(after stating the facts.) — It seems advisable to discuss all these errors together, since they all present for consideration the same question, whether the filing of a bill by one complainant against a married woman and the appointing of a receiver under such bill, by which the property of said married woman is taken into the hands of the court, gives such complainant a prior lien upon the assets over all other creditors who may subsequently seek to subject such assets, or whether all creditors have such *594an interest in the assets that no creditor can acquire a preference therein by priority…
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