City Bank of New Haven's Appeal from Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from the doings of commissioners on an insolvent estate in disallowing a claim of the appellants ; taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the jury before Phelps, J. Verdict for the appellants, and appeal to this court by the appellee. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
E. E. Hall and his son of the same name were co-partners in the grocery business at New Haven under the firm name of “ E. E. Hall & Son ” from the year 1878 to 1885, and during all that time kept their account with the appellant bank in the name of the firm. During this time the bank discounted or advanced the money upon four promissory notes of $2,500 each, and renewed them from time to time, charging the same to the account of the firm. In 1885 the firm became insolvent and all its assets and the property of the individual members of the firm were assigned for the benefit of creditors, and…
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