Horton v. Bamford
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Heard on bill, answers, replications and proofs in open court. This is a bill filed by the trustee in bankruptcy of Joseph Bamford, Jr., against the said Joseph Bamford, Jr., his brother, Walter Bamford, and the wife of the latter.
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Heard on bill, answers, replications and proofs in open court. This is a bill filed by the trustee in bankruptcy of Joseph Bamford, Jr., against the said Joseph Bamford, Jr., his brother, Walter Bamford, and the wife of the latter. (The wife is made a defendant solely because of a claim of inchoate right of dower in certain of the property which formerly belonged to Joseph, and which was purchased by Walter.) The purpose of the bill is to obtain a decree declaring null and void, as against the creditors of Joseph Bamford, Jr., represented by the trustee in bankruptcy, the sale of certain…
1Opinion of the Court
Garrison, Y. C.
I find the facts as follows: About 1891, Joseph Bamford, his eldest son Joseph, Jr., and his youngest son Walter incorporated the Bamford Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company. Its plant was at Paterson, New Jersey. Eventually, this company issued six thousand shares of capital stock of the par value of $100 each, and of these each of the parties above named had two thousand shares. The elder son Joseph, the defendant herein, was the superintendent or manager, and also the secretary of this company; Walter was the treasurer, and, at first, the father was the president and…
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