Sherman v. International Bank
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
This was a bill in equity Tby Hoyt Sherman, assignee, against the International Bank and others]. tiled for the purpose of reaching certain assets which, it was alleged, belonged to the bankrupt, B. F. Allen, and which were then held by some of the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND. Circuit Judge.
There are but two questions involved in the case, and I have resolved them both in favor of the plaintiff. The bankrupt was the president of the Cook County Bank, in Chicago, and failed in January, 1875. On the 23d of February fui.owing, a petition in bankruptcy was filed against him in the district court of Iowa. That petition alleged a certain act of bankruptcy committed by him; and Allen, on the 16th of March following, filed an answer denying the act of bankruptcy alleged in the petition. On the 22d of April. 1875, the petition in bankruptcy was amended by alleging…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bank v. ShermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Howard v. Trustees of Whetstone TownshipOhio Supreme Court · 1841
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re J. C. Ward & Co.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1882