Re Assignment of Woodall
Oregon Supreme Court
From Grant: Morton D. Clieeord, Judge. This is a proceeding to determine what commissions should be allowed to the assignee of an insolvent debtor in the settlement of his final account.
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From Grant: Morton D. Clieeord, Judge. This is a proceeding to determine what commissions should be allowed to the assignee of an insolvent debtor in the settlement of his final account. It appears that R. O. Woodall was engaged in conducting a general store at Long Creek, Grant County, and, being unable to pay his creditors, made a general assignment for their benefit by executing a deed of all his property not exempt from execution to O. L. Patterson, who duly qualified as assignee, filed with the clerk of the circuit court of said county an inventory of the trust estate, which was valued…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Moore
It is admitted that the assignee faithfully discharged the trust which he accepted, and personally performed all the duties connected therewith, except caring for the store; and the evidence tends to show that, if he had devoted his whole time and attention to the management of the estate, he could have performed all the service which the business demanded, thereby rendering it unnecessary to have employed a salesman. The statute prescribing the duties and compensation of an assignee requires that he shall, as soon as the estate can be settled, render a final account of his trust to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Muldrick v. GalbraithOregon Supreme Court · 1897
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