In re Howes
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In proceedings in the district court for Polk county, brought against J. W. Howes by Willys G. Peck and others of his creditors, an order was made by Mills, J., adjudging Howes to be insolvent, and appointing a receiver- of his property, from which order he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
Appeal from an order appointing a receiver of the property of appellant, an insolvent, pursuant to section 2 of the “insolvent act,” (Laws 1881, c. 148.)
*4041. The evidence fully justified the finding of the court that the appellant (a “trader”) was, at the time of the alleged preferential conveyance, insolvent, within the meaning of the statute. Daniels v. Palmer, 35 Minn. 347, (29 N. W. Rep. 162.) It also justified the finding that, by this sale or conveyance, one of his creditors obtained a preference over the other creditors. The transfer by an insolvent, embarrassed as appellant was, of so…
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