Northrop v. Bushnell
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, by the trustee in insolvency of the State Fire Insurance Company, upon a promissory note given by the defendant for a subscription to the capital stock of the company; •brought to the Superior Court in New Haven county, and .tried on the general issue with notice closed to the court. The •court.found the following facts, and reserved the case for advice.
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Assumpsit, by the trustee in insolvency of the State Fire Insurance Company, upon a promissory note given by the defendant for a subscription to the capital stock of the company; •brought to the Superior Court in New Haven county, and .tried on the general issue with notice closed to the court. The •court.found the following facts, and reserved the case for advice. The company which did business in New Haven under the name of “ The State Fire Insurance Company,” and a trustee :of whose-estate in insolvency for the benefit of its creditors the plaintiff in this suit claimed to be, was no…
1Opinion of the Court
Foster, J.'
The plaintiff is the assignee and trustee of the i State Fire Insurance Company, now insolvent, the estate of' which is in settlement in the court of probate for the district of New Haven, under our statutes in such case provided.
From the finding in the court below it appears that on or ab.out the 20tli of Jannary, 1859, the defendant subscribed for ten shares of the capital stock of said company, and gave his note for the amount, $1,000, being the note described, in the declaration, which was dated back to December 31st, 1858. Payments to the amount of $695 are acknowledged to…
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