Raley v. Raymond Bros. Clarke Co.

Oldham, C.

This was a creditors’ suit instituted in the district court for Lancaster county, Nebraska, by Howard B. Raley, trustee of Walter P. Hanley, a bankrupt, against Raymond Brothers Clarke Co., a corporation, for the purpose of setting aside the transfer of the notes and book accounts of the estate of Walter P. Hanley, and for an accounting of the amount collected by the defendant corporation from such notes and accounts. The facts underlying the controversy, briefly summarized, are that in July, 1900, Walter P. Hanley was engaged in the mercantile business in Dorchester, Nebraska. He…