Swing v. Kaufman
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
. Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Ninth District. Action by James B. Swing, as trustee of -the creditors and stockholders of the Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Cincinnati, against Charles Kaufman and William Strauss. From a judgment for plaintiff for $103.56, defendants .appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtDayton, J.
Plaintiff, as trustee for the creditors and stockholders of an insolvent mutual fire insurance company of Ohio, sued to recover $64.91 and interest from June 11, 1901, as the proper assessment for which the firm of Kaufman & Strauss became liable under a decree of the Supreme Court of Ohio, dated December 18, 1891, dissolving said corporation and appointing plaintiff trustee;' said assessment being the .just proportion of said firm for the losses and expenses of said company during the period that said firm held its policy upon their property, to wit, $3,000, from April 17, 1890, to August 8,…
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