Hawes v. First Nat. Bank
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; David P. Dyer, Judge. Suit by the First National Bank of Madison and others against Richard S. Hawes and others. From a,decree in favor of complainants, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
On July 3, 1914, John E. Franklin of St. Louis, Mo., owed, either directly or as an indorser, nearly $1,000,000, to more than 100 banks in St. Louis and surrounding territory. There was a meeting of his creditors at which his financial condition was considered. In preference to bankruptcy or a receivership, the creditors and Franklin decided that a trust agreement whereby the latter should turn over all his property to a committee in trust for his creditors should be executed. The committee agreed upon was as follows: Samuel C. McCluney, a dealer in commercial paper,…
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