Coffin v. Douglass
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from. Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. Richard Maltbie. On the 6th of December, 1882, S. W. Kniffin, of Parsons, Kansas, •and W. G. Kniffin, of Denison, Texas, who were partners under the firm name of Kniffin Bros., being insolvent, executed to A. H. Coffin their deed of assignment, whereby Coffin was appointed assignee. Coffin accepted the trust and filed his bond, which was approved and qualified.
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Appeal from. Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. Richard Maltbie. On the 6th of December, 1882, S. W. Kniffin, of Parsons, Kansas, •and W. G. Kniffin, of Denison, Texas, who were partners under the firm name of Kniffin Bros., being insolvent, executed to A. H. Coffin their deed of assignment, whereby Coffin was appointed assignee. Coffin accepted the trust and filed his bond, which was approved and qualified. The assignee took possession of the goods assigned and had them in his possession when defendant Douglass by a writ of attachment, in a cause entitled Keating v. Kniffin Bros., seized…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.—
The judge, who tried this cause without a jury, found that the deed of assignment conveyed to the appellee the property which belonged to S. W. and G. W. Kniffin as partners, and a judgment was rendered against the assignee on the ground that the deed did not convey the property which belonged to the two Kniffins otherwise than as partners. The deed of assignment contains a provision requiring releases from such creditors as take benefits under it.
In the case of Donoho v. Fish Bros. & Co., 58 Tex., 164, it was held that an assignment made by partners, which did not…
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