Jones v. Fayerweather
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree advised by Vice-Chancellor Van Fleet, whose opinion is reported in Jones v. Davenport, 18 Stew. Eq. 77. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Beasley, C. J.
In the month of January, 1885, William L. Jones, now deceased, exhibited his bill in the court of chancery as a creditor of the firm of Davenport Brothers against Maria Davenport, individually, and as executrix of James S. Davenport, deceased, who, it was alleged, at the time of his death, was a member of such firm. It being shown that James S. Davenport and the partnership of which he was a member were insolvent, the object of the procedure was to subject to the claims of creditors certain real and personal estate which it was charged…
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