Shaw v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Replevin for a quantity of tools; brought to the Superior Court in the county of New Loudon. The following facts were found by the court : The defendant is the trustee of the insolvent estate of Joseph Corbett, assigned to him on the 26th of December, 1876, by Corbett, for the benefit of his creditors, under the provisions of the insolvent laws of the state.
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Replevin for a quantity of tools; brought to the Superior Court in the county of New Loudon. The following facts were found by the court : The defendant is the trustee of the insolvent estate of Joseph Corbett, assigned to him on the 26th of December, 1876, by Corbett, for the benefit of his creditors, under the provisions of the insolvent laws of the state. Prior to this, on the 9th of September, 1876, Corbett and the plaintiffs, Shaw & Menown, entered into a written contract by which Corbett was to manufacture for the plaintiffs one thousand heads for the Wardwell sewing machine, according…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
One Corbett agreed with the plaintiffs to make for them a complete set of special tools adapted to the manufacture of the War dwell sewing machine, for a specified sum, to be paid as the work progressed. When Corbett had completed a part of the set of tools, and another part was partially completed, and still another part was in the rough, he became insolvent and made an assignment of all his property to the defendant for the benefit of his creditors. *311At tlie time of the assignment the plaintiffs had paid hirq the entire contract price for the tools, although none of them had been delivered…
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