Ray v. Hiller
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to District Court of Chaffee County. This action was commenced May 12, 1884, by Darwin Ray, the plaintiff in error, against the said Edwin H. Hiller and Nelson Hallock, partners in the banking business as Hiller, Hallock & Co. The action was founded upon four drafts of date March 19, 1884, drawn by the said Hiller, Hallock & Co. upon the American Exchange National Bank of New York, payable to the order of the said Darwin Ray, aggregating in amount $3,000. Garnishee…
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Error to District Court of Chaffee County. This action was commenced May 12, 1884, by Darwin Ray, the plaintiff in error, against the said Edwin H. Hiller and Nelson Hallock, partners in the banking business as Hiller, Hallock & Co. The action was founded upon four drafts of date March 19, 1884, drawn by the said Hiller, Hallock & Co. upon the American Exchange National Bank of New York, payable to the order of the said Darwin Ray, aggregating in amount $3,000. Garnishee notice was served upon the said Alex. G. Watson, and he made answer thereto May 23, 1884, to the effect that said Hiller,…
1Opinion of the Court
Stallcup, C.
It is evident that this was a general assignment for the benefit of creditors. All the legislation we then had upon the subject was as follows: “ Whenever any person or corporation shall hereafter make an assignment of his or its estate for the benefit of creditors, the assignee nominated in the deed of assignment, elected, or appointed, shall be required to pay in full, from the proceeds of the estate, all moneys bona fide due to the servants, laborers and employees of such assignor for their wages accruing during the six months next preceding the date of such assignment, but to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Grammel v. CarmerMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
- Turner v. . JaycoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Campbell v. Colorado Coal & Iron Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1885
- Platt v. . LottNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Colorado National Bank v. BoettcherSupreme Court of Colorado · 1879
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