Price v. Ralston
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
THIS cause came before the Court, on a case stated for their opinion, in the following words: “ On the 23d day of March, 1784, William Price, the plaintiff, shipped and consigned goods, by the Christian, to William Pollard, the bankrupt, one half for the account of the said William Pollard; and, at the same time, shipped and consigned other goods, by the Prince of Liege, to the said William Pollard, for the same account.
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THIS cause came before the Court, on a case stated for their opinion, in the following words: “ On the 23d day of March, 1784, William Price, the plaintiff, shipped and consigned goods, by the Christian, to William Pollard, the bankrupt, one half for the account of the said William Pollard; and, at the same time, shipped and consigned other goods, by the Prince of Liege, to the said William Pollard, for the same account. And on the 18th day of May, following, the said William Price, shipped and consigned other goods, by the John, to the said William Pollard, for the same account; and on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Thefollows.
Shippen, President.
—The four questions, first in the order of statement in the case submitted to the opinion of the court, having been candidly given up by the counsel for the defendant, it only remains to consider the fifth point; which involves an enquiry, whether by the bankrupt’s selling the goods as the plaintiff’s factor, but taking a bond for the money in his own name, the nature of the original demand is not so altered, that it shall attach to the general mass of the bankrupt’s property, and be held by his assignees in exclusion of the plaintiff’s claim ? In other words,…
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- Price v. Ralston, Assignee of Pollard, a BankruptSupreme Court of the United States · 1790