Painter v. J. B. Painter Co.

THE COURT.

This suit was brought to obtain a new trial of the case of the defendant The J. B. Painter Company, against the defendant Colton as receiver of the late firm of Painter & Co., in which judgment had been entered for the plaintiff therein for the sum of $11,085.73; and also to enjoin the execution of the judgment against property in the hands of the receiver. The suit referred to had been brought on a contract executed—with the approval of the court in which the receivership was pending—by Colton, as receiver to The J. B. Painter Company. To this suit the plaintiff herein and the firm…