Webster v. Judah
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the County Court of Cook County; the lion. Pichard Peeítdeegast, Judge, presiding. The appellant, a citizen of Illinois, was appointed receiver of the partnership) estate of Mershon & Bancroft, also citizens of Illinois, by the Superior Court of Cook County, December 17, 1887. Among the assets coming into the hands of the receiver was a valid claim for abont $2,500 against the Mew Haven Wire Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Connecticut.
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook County; the lion. Pichard Peeítdeegast, Judge, presiding. The appellant, a citizen of Illinois, was appointed receiver of the partnership) estate of Mershon & Bancroft, also citizens of Illinois, by the Superior Court of Cook County, December 17, 1887. Among the assets coming into the hands of the receiver was a valid claim for abont $2,500 against the Mew Haven Wire Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Connecticut. That company became insolvent, and S. A. Galpin was appointed receiver thereof by the Probate Court of Mew Haven County, in the…
1Opinion of the CourtGatcnett, J.
This record shows conclusively, as between appellant and appellee, that appellant’s claim against the New Haven Wire Company is just and lawful, and the only hope of collecting it is by garnisheeing the appellee. Unless there is some inexorable rule of law or practice to the contrary, the County Court should have granted the prayer of the amended petition. That court could not entertain the controversy and mete out justice to the rival claimants. It is not a court of equity for the disposition of all incidental disputes between creditors of insolvents and third parties, growing out of…
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