In re Mercur
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. Rule on Ezekiel Hunn, Jr., assignee of J. W. Mercur & Co., to turn over property in his hands. Also petition of Vulcanite Paving Company to have the firm of J. W. Mercur & Co. •declared bankrupt.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBARD, District Judge.1
On December 20, 1898, James Watts Mercur and Ulysses Mercur, his brother, both individually and as partners, trading as J. W. Mercur & Co., made a voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors to Ezekiel Hunn; Jr., who qualified and entered upon his duties in accordance with the state law. Within four months afterwards, on March 24, 1899, proceedings were instituted in this court to have the two Mercurs declared bankrupts, and on July 31st following an adjudication was made against them, and subsequently Chas. P'rancis Gummey was appointed their trustee. A rule…
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