H. B. Claflin Co. v. Kelley
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. During the winter and spripg of 1893 the Imperial Hotel Company purchased certain ground near the north end of Jackson Park, in Chicago, and erected thereon a building called the Windermere Hotel.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding. During the winter and spripg of 1893 the Imperial Hotel Company purchased certain ground near the north end of Jackson Park, in Chicago, and erected thereon a building called the Windermere Hotel. Before the completion of the building it contracted with appellant for a large amount of goods for furnishing the hotel ready for use during the World’s Fair. The goods were shipped, and some of them began to arrive before May 20,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The contention of appellant in this case is, that under the facts shown by its petition filed in the assignment cases in the county court it was excused from exhibiting its claims, as required by the statute, within three months from the publication of notice to creditors, and that it is not, therefore, barred by the statute from sharing equally with other creditors in the assets of the estate.
Section 10 of the act concerning voluntary assignments is as follows: “That any creditor may claim debts to become due as well as debts due, but on debts not due a reasonable abatement shall be made…
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