Sweetzer v. Higby
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Jackson. (Gridley, J.) Bill by creditors of assignor under assignment law to set -aside a mortgage. Bill dismissed. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
The complainants are copartners, doing business in the city of New York under the name and ■style of Sweetzer, Pembrook & Co.
They filed a bill of complaint in this cause, May 3, 1883, in behalf of themselves and other creditors of the firm of -Camp, Morrill & Camp, to set aside a chattel mortgage •executed by the defendants Theodore J. Camp and Marshall J. Morrill, and the firm 'of Camp, Morrill & Camp, to the defendant Charles W. Higby, as a fraudulent preference under How. Stat. chap. 303, regulating voluntary assignments for the benefit of creditors, and praying for an equal distribution…
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