Minneapolis Trust Co. v. School District No. Five

I concede that the assignment in question is void, as against the creditors of the assignor, for the reason that he cannot delegate his statutory power to select an assignee; but I see no reason why the assignor may not subscribe the deed of assignment by or through an attorney duly authorized by an instrument executed and acknowledged as the law requires the deed of assignment itself to be. As to delegating the power to determine or declare himself insolvent, there is nothing in the point. If the assignor is in fact insolvent, it is sufficient to support an assignment under the insolvency…