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Appeal of Christian

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 26, 1883PublishedCited by 45 opinions

Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas No. 4, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1882, No. 199. Appeal of Sam uel J. Christian and Henry Van Beil from a decree of said court, dismissing exceptions to, and confirming the report of an auditor appointed .to audit and adjust the account of the assignee of the William Brown Building and Loan Association, and to report distribution of the balance in the hands of said assignee.

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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas No. 4, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1882, No. 199. Appeal of Sam uel J. Christian and Henry Van Beil from a decree of said court, dismissing exceptions to, and confirming the report of an auditor appointed .to audit and adjust the account of the assignee of the William Brown Building and Loan Association, and to report distribution of the balance in the hands of said assignee. The following facts appeared before the Auditor: The William Brown Building and Loan Association was duly incorporated December 2nd 1872. Towards the close of 1878 it…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett

The fund for distribution represents the assets of a confessedly insolvent building and loan association which executed a voluntary assignment of all its property and effects for the benefit of creditors. Those claiming to participate in the fund were classified by the auditor as follows :

1st, The late treasurer of the association, who claims, as a genera] creditor, to be reimbursed for moneys paid on orders drawn upon him before the assignment aud for which the assignee refused to allow him credit in the settlement of his account as treasurer, amounting to $789.74.

2d. Holders of orders on…

2Cited by45 opinions

  1. Stone v. Schiller Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  2. Brown v. Victor Building Assn.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  3. Knox National Farm Loan Ass'n v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  4. Weinroth v. Homer Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  5. Schuster v. LargmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932

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