Moore v. Schneider

The defendants, William Schneider and R. R. Miller, as copartners and as individuals, made a non-statutory assignment of all their property not exempt from execution to the plaintiff, Moore, as assignee, for the benefit of creditors signing the agreement or consenting thereto. Moore subsequently brought this action to obtain a decree declaring that he, as such assignee, is the owner of the equitable title to certain real property, it being alleged that Sophie M. Schneider, wife of the assignor, William Schneider, among others, asserted an adverse claim to that of the assignee. By complaint in…