In re Mertens
District Court, N.D. New York
In Bankruptcy. This is a motion by Albert K. Hiscock, as receiver and as trustee of the estate in bankruptcy of J. M. Mertens & Co., to restrain the American Woolen Company of New York from further prosecuting an action brought by said company against said Albert K. Hiscock as such receiver and as such trustee to recover damages for the alleged conversion by said Hiscock as such receiver and as such trustee of certain woolen goods in the piece, sold by said American Woolen…
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In Bankruptcy. This is a motion by Albert K. Hiscock, as receiver and as trustee of the estate in bankruptcy of J. M. Mertens & Co., to restrain the American Woolen Company of New York from further prosecuting an action brought by said company against said Albert K. Hiscock as such receiver and as such trustee to recover damages for the alleged conversion by said Hiscock as such receiver and as such trustee of certain woolen goods in the piece, sold by said American Woolen Company to said J. M. Mertens & Co., and which goods formed a part of the stock in trade of said J. M. Mertens & Co., and…
1Opinion of the CourtRay, District Judge
(after stating the facts). At some time prior to the commencement of the bankruptcy proceedings herein the American Woolen Company of New York, city of New York, sold on credit and delivered to J. M. Mertens & Co., a firm doing business in the city of Syracuse, N. Y., certain woolen goods in the piece, of the value of several thousand dollars. Said American Woolen Company had been selling goods to said firm for a considerable length of time, and there was an open running account between them, with a balance of several thousand dollars due the woolen company. The petition in involuntary…
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