Mitchell v. Jordan
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Denney, J., entered June 27, 1903, upon findings of the court, after a trial on the merits without a jury, dismissing an action to recover assets of an insolvent corporation, distributed in fraud of creditors.
1Opinion of the Court
Fullerton, J. —
The appellant is the receiver of the Riverside Hardware Company, and brings this action on behalf of its creditors. The facts on which he relies to recover are not in dispute, and are, in substance, these: In the early part of the year 1899, W. H. Stevens and George M. Pillsbury contracted with a Mrs. Fuller for the purchase of a stock of hardware, then in the city of Everett, at the agreed price of $2,000. Hot having the means to make the purchase themselves, they induced the respondent, A. H. B. Jordan, to advance the sum of $1,800 towards the purchase price, and, when the…
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