Corliss v. Jewett
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Otter Tail county, refusing a new trial after a trial before Baxter, J., a jury being waived.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
Johnson & Dahl, hardware merchants, made an assignment to this plaintiff for the benefit of creditors, under the insolvent law of 1881. The assignee prosecutes this action for the recovery of a quantity of stoves of the value of $1,500, which had been a part of the stock of merchandise of Johnson & Dahl, but which they had, 28 days before the assignment, sold to the defendants in partial satisfaction of an indebtedness then owing to them. It was found by the trial court that the debtors were insolvent when this property was transferred to the defendants, and that the latter had reason to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Forbes v. HoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Daniels v. PalmerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
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- Penney v. HauganSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895