Willetts v. Waite

Clerke, Justice.

The only question submitted for my consideration in this case is, whether an assignment by virtue of a statute of a sister sovereignty operates as a transfer of a bankrupt’s effects in this state, so as to supersede the liens of creditors here, under attachments issued out of this court.

This question has been so fully discussed in Hoyt agt. Thompson, (1 Selden, 320,) in the court of appeals, that I consider it unnecessary to elaborate it on the present occasion. The opinions delivered by judges Ruggles and Paige, and the reasoning adopted by them are conclusive, clearly…