Bean v. Brookmire
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
In equity. This cause was before the court on a former appeal. Bean v. Brookmire, [Case No. 1,169.] After it was remanded, an answer and replication were filed, testimony was taken, the cause heard on its merits, and a decree entered in favor of the assignee [William C. Bean] for the sum of $1,436.02 and interest against the. defendants Brook-mire & Rankin. The bill was dismissed as to Laflin.
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In equity. This cause was before the court on a former appeal. Bean v. Brookmire, [Case No. 1,169.] After it was remanded, an answer and replication were filed, testimony was taken, the cause heard on its merits, and a decree entered in favor of the assignee [William C. Bean] for the sum of $1,436.02 and interest against the. defendants Brook-mire & Rankin. The bill was dismissed as to Laflin. To reverse the decree against them, Brookmire & Rankin now bring the cause here by appeal. The plaintiff is the assignee in bankruptcy of Charles S. Kintzing, who was the successor of the firm of…
1Opinion of the Court
DILLON, Circuit Judge.
ICintzing was embarrassed, and on the 15th day of February, 1809, called a meeting of his creditors' at his place of business in St. Louis. The defendants refused to attend. The creditors present, after an exhibit of his affairs, agreed to the proposal to take seventy cents on the dollar in notes at six, twelve, and eighteen months, without interest, and a composition article to that effect was drawn up. This was to be signed by all his creditors, and contemplated placing all upon an equal footing. This appears upon its face.
By the middle of March following this…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Doughty v. SavageSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1859
- Knowlton v. MoseleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Day v. WebbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1859
- O'Shea v. Collier White Lead & Oil Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1868
- Pinneo v. HigginsNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1861
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