Legal Opinion

Nyman v. Berry

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 18, 1892No. 427PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Superior Court, Pierce County. Action by Hj. Nyman against John W. Berry for an injunction and the cancellation of a deed of assignment hy the Tacoma Brick Company to John W. Berry. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

The decision of this case seems to be left by the parties to depend upon a single question, viz., whether in this state a common-law assignment, made May 22,1890, hy an insolvent corporation, of all its property, to a trustee for the benefit of all its creditors, was valid and sufficient *735to vest in the trustee the title to real estate of the insolvent so as to prevent a judgment creditor of the corporation, who obtained his judgment after the date of the deed, from subjecting such real estate to the payment of his judgment. No question is…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Huron Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Rudebeck v. SandersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
  3. Oleson v. Bank of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1896
  4. McKay v. ElwoodWashington Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Cerf, Schloss & Co. v. WallaceWashington Supreme Court · 1896

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