Eastman v. Foster

The present is an application to the summary jurisdiction pf this court, as a court of chancery, under the pro visions of <§> 18 of the insolvent law of 1838, c. 163, by which the court are authorized, upon bill, petition, or other proper process, of any party aggrieved by any proceedings under that statute, to hear and determine the case, and to make such order or decree therein as law and justice shall require.

This application is by petition, by Solomon K. Eastman and Frederick A. Palmer, as assignees of Ephraim Cushman and John R. Cushman, of Amherst. It appears that the proceedings were…