Aldrich v. First Judge of the Circuit Court

Opinion of the Court, by

Frear, J.

The substantial facts of this case are, that the petitioner, Aldrich, was adjudicated a bankrupt, and Henry Davis was his elected and qualified assignee; that the trust was not settled, and the assignee on learning that the bankrupt was intending to leave this country, applied to a Judge of the Circuit Court, First Circuit, for a writ of ne exeat, stating that the estate of the bankrupt was unsettled, and that bis presence was necessary to enable tile assignee to settle the same, and that the absence of the bankrupt would prevent tbe assignee from obtaining…