Martin v. Porter

Belcher, C. C.

This is an action of claim and delivery. The complaint alleges that on the tenth day of October, 1888, the defendant, Howard B. Porter, filed in court his petition in insolvency, and thereafter such proceedings were had that plaintiff was duly appointed his assignee, and qualified as such, and thereupon the clerk of the court duly assigned to him all the estate, real and personal, of the insolvent debtor; “that at the time of filing said petition said defendant was, and long prior thereto had been, and still is, the owner and in possession of a certain quantity of hay, to wit,…