Manhard Hardware Co. v. Rothschild
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Manistee; McMahon, J. Judgment creditor’s bill by the Manhard Hardware Company, Limited, against Solomon Rothschild, Max Simon, Charles Van Pelt, Rosa Rothschild, Simon Wetzler, David Sax, and Alexander Thai. From a decree for complainant, defendants Rothschild and Simón appeal. Complainant is a partnership association, limited, organized under chapter 160, 2 Comp.
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Appeal from Manistee; McMahon, J. Judgment creditor’s bill by the Manhard Hardware Company, Limited, against Solomon Rothschild, Max Simon, Charles Van Pelt, Rosa Rothschild, Simon Wetzler, David Sax, and Alexander Thai. From a decree for complainant, defendants Rothschild and Simón appeal. Complainant is a partnership association, limited, organized under chapter 160, 2 Comp. Laws 1897. In March, April, and May, 1893, it was a creditor of defendants Solomon Rothschild, Max Simon, and Charles Van Pelt, copartners doing business under the firm name of the Northern Cedar Shingle Company. The…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, C. J.
(after stating the facts). 1. The appealing defendants first contend that there was no evidence of fraud in these transactions. We cannot concur in this contention. Rosa Rothschild was a bankrupt shortly before. She does not in her answer give dates or amounts, or state where she obtained the moneys which she claims to have loaned to her husband. What she means by “ several hundred dollars ” is conjectural. This allegation is too indefinite to form the basis of any legal or equitable right as against creditors. Felker v. Chubb, 90 Mich. 26. According to the finding of the judge, which is…
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