Legal Opinion
Ex parte Fitz
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 15, 1876No. Case No. 4,837PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
The petitioner lent money to Rawson & Hittinger, and took from them at the same time the notes of Jacob Hittinger, not a member of the firm, and bills of sale of certain locomotive engines, then in their machine-shop in Cam-bridgeport, as additional security. Rawson & Hittinger have become bankrupt, and Jacob Hittinger has paid the debt; and the petitioner, acting as trustee for him, asks •that the engines or their proceeds be now applied to pay the debt Jacob Hittinger has become a party to the petition, and submits his rights to the determination of the court
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Drake v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Thayer v. DwightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Cooper v. RayIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Grand Avenue Bank v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1909
- Pattison v. DaleCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912
- In re Chattanooga Savings BankCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919
- National Newark Banking Co. v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1904