Batcheller v. National Bank of the Republic

These cases were reserved by a single justice, on the,bills, answers, and agreed facts, for the full court. We do not propose to consider whether the plaintiffs have a locus standi in either case. We assume for the purposes of these cases that they have. The cases relate to the right of the defendant to prove two notes in insolvency against the estate of the plaintiffs, Alfred H. and Francis Batcheller, who were formerly partners as E. & A. H. Batcheller and Company. They are a part of six notes originally held by the defendant against the firm. A question as to the right of the defendant to…