In re Stowell
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from an order made by the County Court of Chemung ' county, refusing to compel an assignee, for the benefit of creditors, to render an account of his proceedings, and refusing to compel him to give additional security as such assignee.
1Opinion of the Court
Learned, P. J.:
John E. Stowell and others, partners under the firm name of Stowell Brothers, made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, without preferences, to Samuel W. Perry, June 7, 1876, and Perry duly qualified and entered on the discharge of his duties. Afterwards Stowell Brothers, on their own petition, were adjudicated bankrupts by the United States District Court, February 7, 1878. Subsequently composition proceedings were taken in the District Court, the result of which was that a final order of composition was made April 26, 1879, for the payment in cash to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Yeatman v. Savings InstitutionSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Reed v. McIntyreSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Falkland v. . St. Nicholas Nat'l B'k of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Haas v. . O'BrienNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- In re BackerNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1877
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