Waterbury Trust Co. v. Weisman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover moneys collected by the defendant trustee upon notes payable to the bankrupt corporation which it had sold, indorsed and delivered to the plaintiff prior to the bankruptcy, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Keeler, J., upon a demurrer to the answer; the court sustained the demurrer and rendered judgment for the plaintiff for $5,000, from which the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The complaint alleges that the Burt Motor Car Company was engaged in selling automobiles in Waterbury to purchasers at an agreed price, part of which was paid in cash and the rest by note or notes; and that as a part of the transaction each purchaser executed a conditional bill of sale, by the terms of which the title to the automobiles remained in the Company until payment of the purchase price, the last maturing note evidencing the final portion of the unpaid purchase price.
The Company sold to the plaintiff a number of these notes, aggregating $22,000, and thereafter went into bankruptcy,…
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