Swedish-American National Bank v. Davis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeals by defendant, as assignee of Jacob Skoll, insolvent, from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Russell, J.( denying a motion for a new trial, and also from an order permitting plaintiff to participate in the distribution of the insolvent estate.
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
In December, 1894, the insolvent, Skoll, made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors under the insolvent law of 1881,2 and acts amendatory thereof. He was then indebted to the respondent bank in the sum of $2,053. The bank held, as collateral security for this indebtedness, two negotiable promissory notes, for the aggregate amount of $2,834, made by one Golden, a resident of Chicago, Illinois, to the Northwestern Iron & Metal Company, and by the latter indorsed in blank to Skoll. The bank brought an action on these notes, at their maturity, against Golden, in the circuit court of Cook…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cleghorn v. Minnesota Title Ins. & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
3Cited by3 opinions
- Mead v. RandallSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- First National Bank v. PopeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Swedish-American National Bank v. DavisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897