Steel v. Goodwin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of J uly Term 1885, No. 58. Foreign attachment by Edward T. Steel, Henry M. Steel, and William G. Steel, trading as Edward T. Steel & Co., against H. J. Goodwin and R. J. Hudson, trading as H. J. Goodwin & Co. On December 12th, 1884, H. J. Goodwin & Co., commission merchants of the city of New York, failed, and on the same day made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, which assignment was recorded in…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of J uly Term 1885, No. 58. Foreign attachment by Edward T. Steel, Henry M. Steel, and William G. Steel, trading as Edward T. Steel & Co., against H. J. Goodwin and R. J. Hudson, trading as H. J. Goodwin & Co. On December 12th, 1884, H. J. Goodwin & Co., commission merchants of the city of New York, failed, and on the same day made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, which assignment was recorded in New York on the same day, and in Philadelphia on December 24th, 1884. • Edward T. Steel & Co., merchants of Philadelphia,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mercur
*291Tins was a proceeding in foreign attachment against the defendants who resided in New York, with notice to garnishees who resided in Philadelphia. The writ was served on the latter. On the application of Bird, assignee for the- benefit of creditors of the defendants, the Court quashed the writ of attachment. This is assigned as error.
The assignment of the defendants was executed on the 11th December, 1884, and on the day following was recorded in the city of New York, where if was made ; but was not recorded in Pennsylvania until the 24th of the same month.
This writ of attachment was issued…
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