In re the General Assignment of Smyth

On the final accounting herein, a controversy has arisen as to the rights of certain claimants to the avails of certain negotiable bonds-and stock that were in the hands of the assignor, before the assignment, and sold afterwards; all the parties in interest have signed a full statement of the facts, submitting their rights to the determination of the court.

John F. Smyth, on the 9th day of May, 1884, executed a general assignment for the benefit of his creditors, to John 0. Connor. He was engaged, at that time, in business in Albany, as a stock-broker, being a member and having a seat in the…