Harris v. Peabody
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Bill in equity, heard on facts stated in the bill, the respondents reserving the question of jurisdiction. ‘ (Bill-) "State of Maine, Cumberland, ss. In Insolvency. In the matter of Williams and Norton, insolvents.
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On report. Bill in equity, heard on facts stated in the bill, the respondents reserving the question of jurisdiction. ‘ (Bill-) "State of Maine, Cumberland, ss. In Insolvency. In the matter of Williams and Norton, insolvents. "To the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court: Respectfully come Benjamin F. Harris, of Portland, in our county of Cumberland, and State of Maine, and the First National Bank located and doing business at said Portland, and in behalf of themselves and all other partnership creditors of Williams and Norton, file this petition against Henry C. Peabody and George…
1Opinion of the CourtVirgin, J.
Boyal Williams and James A. Norton, copartners under the firm name of Williams and Norton, upon their own petition, were individually and as copartners duly adjudged insolvent debtors. The assets of the partnership, amounting to one dollar and nineteen cents only, were absorbed by the expense of selling the same. Norton’s individual estate had no assets, while Williams’, after deducting legal costs and charges, amounted to eleven hundred and seventy-seven dollars and thirty-six cents.
Against the partnership estate, claims amounting to more than twenty-two hundred dollars were proved; against…
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