Kirk v. Roberts
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Superior Court, Sacramento County; E. A. Bridgford, Judge. Action by Kirk, Geary & Co. against P. B. Roberts, assignee of Walter R. Hall. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiffs appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the Court
BELCHER, C.
It is alleged in the complaint that on the twenty-third day of April, 1889, one Walter R. Hall was doing business in the town of Colusa, and was indebted to the plaintiffs in a certain large sum of money; that he was the owner of a large amount of book accounts and debts, due him from divers persons, and bills receivable; that on the day named he executed and delivered to the plaintiffs an agreement in writing, a copy of which is set out; that on the first day of August, 1889, he filed in the superior court of Colusa county his petition, schedules, and inventory in insolvency, and…
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Yeatman v. Savings InstitutionSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Hauselt v. HarrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Poorman v. D. O. Mills & Co.California Supreme Court · 1868
- Hook v. WhiteCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
- Ex parte NewhallU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1842
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