Mowry v. Crocker
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL EROM MILWAUKEE CIRCUIT COURT. The appellant* plaintiff below, complained of the respondent, defendant below, that David Mowry, a resident of Rhode Island, about the 14th of August, 1847, placed in the hands of the defendant, an attorney, for collection, certain notes of the said Mowry against Jonathan E. Arnold, of Milwaukee, secured by a mortgage, upon which he recovered a decree against said Arnold in favor of Mowry, and upon said decree and claim, collected and…
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APPEAL EROM MILWAUKEE CIRCUIT COURT. The appellant* plaintiff below, complained of the respondent, defendant below, that David Mowry, a resident of Rhode Island, about the 14th of August, 1847, placed in the hands of the defendant, an attorney, for collection, certain notes of the said Mowry against Jonathan E. Arnold, of Milwaukee, secured by a mortgage, upon which he recovered a decree against said Arnold in favor of Mowry, and upon said decree and claim, collected and received for the use of said Mowry, the sum of $1,450.70, and of which he retained, and for which he was indebted to said…
1Opinion of the Court
*331 By the Gowrt,
Cole, J.
This was a voluntary assignment of property in trust for creditors, made and executed in the State of Ehode Island. It appears that the assignor, David Mowry, the assignee, Duty Mowry, Willis Cook, the j udgment creditor, who refused to become a party to the assignment, and Lippit, the assignee of this judgment and the attaching creditor, were all citizens of that State. And it is further conceded that the assignment of David Mowry was executed conformably to the laws of Ehode Island, and was valid and effectual to pass the title of the property, real and personal, to…
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