Packer v. Lehner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Perskie, J.

Does the “Act concerning general assignments, Revision one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine” (1 Comp. Stat. 1709-1910, p. 113, as amended by chapter 243, Pamph. L. 1928, p. 410), operate for the discharge of the debtor from future liability to a creditor who has come in under the assignment and claimed to participate in the distribution of the proceeds of the assigned property?

The stated question arises out of these stipulated facts. Plaintiff below sued the defendant below for $539.98 (waiving the excess of $500) on a book account for…