Legal Opinion

In re Van Norman

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided October 18, 1889PublishedCited by 40 opinions

Appeal by Peter Lapp and Lemuel W. Flerschem, partners as Lapp & Flerschem, from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Young, J., presiding, rejecting their claim against the estate of Van Norman Bros., insolvents, the claim having been previously disallowed by Charles C. Bennett, the assignee.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

The appellants, Lapp & Flershem, commenced an action in the United States circuit court against Van Norman Bros., *495in which they caused an attachment to be issued and levied by the United States marshal on the property of the defendants. On the same day Yan Norman Bros, executed to the respondent Bennett an assignment of all their property for the benefit of creditors, pursuant to the provisions of the insolvent law of 1881. The assignee, having duly qualified, demanded possession of the property from the marshal, who, acting under the instructions of appellants, by whom he was indemnified,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Moller v. . TuskaNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  2. Denny v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Bennett v. DennySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885

3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Fuller-Warren Co. v. HarterWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Virtue v. Creamery Package Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  3. Russo v. WilliamsNebraska Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Whitley v. Spokane & Inland Railway Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Zimmerman v. Robinson & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1905

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