Duff v. Hopkins

This is a suit in equity, brought'hy Levi Bird Duff, assignee in bankruptcy of Carrier & Baum, against Albert C. Hopkins. The case is complicated, and, for the proper understanding of it, a somewhat lengthy recital of facts is necessary.

John Carrier and Andrew F. Baum were adjudicated bankrupts by the district court of the United States for the Western district of Pennsylvania in June, 1874, and, in the following September, assignees of their estates -were appointed. Each of the bankrupts, at the commencement of the proceedings in bankruptcy, was the owner of the undivided one-third of four…