Fox v. Curtis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 229, July T., 1895, by J. H. Curtis and E. H. Flick, two of the defendants, from decree of C. P. Blair Co., No. 239, in equity for the appointment of a receiver. Bill in equity for the appointment of a receiver and for an injunction. On motion for the continuance of a preliminary injunction, and rule for the appointment of a receiver* Bell, P. J., found the facts to be as follows : On July 12, 1895, Fox & Curtis, wholesale shoe dealers of Altoona, were insolvent.
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Appeal, No. 229, July T., 1895, by J. H. Curtis and E. H. Flick, two of the defendants, from decree of C. P. Blair Co., No. 239, in equity for the appointment of a receiver. Bill in equity for the appointment of a receiver and for an injunction. On motion for the continuance of a preliminary injunction, and rule for the appointment of a receiver* Bell, P. J., found the facts to be as follows : On July 12, 1895, Fox & Curtis, wholesale shoe dealers of Altoona, were insolvent. On that day Curtis, one of the partners, confessed judgment as follows: To Curtis, Jones & Co., $4,500; to S. M.…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
George Fox and J. A. Curtis were partners in the wholesale shoe business. On July 12, 1895, Curtis confessed two judgments in the firm name, one for $4,500 and the other for *56$5,000, to the creditors of the partnership. Under executions issued upon these judgments the stock in trade was levied on and sold by the sheriff, realizing $4,600. On July 13, Curtis assigned the remaining property of the partnership, consisting of unpaid book accounts and outstanding claims, amounting to about $25,000, to E. H. Flick in trust for the two creditors to whom judgment had been…
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