Maltbie v. Hotchkiss
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Replevin by the plaintiff as trustee of the insolvent estate. of Jewett G-. Smith, for property attached by the defendant, a sheriff’s deputy, as the property of Smith ; tried in the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven county, (Bronson, J.,') facts found and reservation for advice.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The defendant, a deputy sheriff, attached the property described in the declaration, on the 23d day of November, 1870, by virtue of a writ of attachment against Jewett G. Smith. On the same day Smith lodged with the court ox probate a deed of assignment under the insolvent laws of this state.. On the 30th of the same month the plaintiff was approved as trustee, and thereupon proceeded with the settlement of the estate. The attaching creditors obtained a judgment against Smith on the 9th day of December following. Smith’s indebtedness exceeded $4,000, but no proceedings in bankruptcy have been…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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