Adams v. Hackett
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of the City of San Francisco. . On the 23d of February, 1855, the plaintiffs, Alvin Adams, I. C. Woods and D. H. Haskell, doing business under the firm name of Adams & Co., failed in business. On the same 23d of February, Adams, one of the partners, filed a bill against Woods and Haskell, the other two partners, averring the existence of a partnership between them, and praying its dissolution.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of the City of San Francisco. . On the 23d of February, 1855, the plaintiffs, Alvin Adams, I. C. Woods and D. H. Haskell, doing business under the firm name of Adams & Co., failed in business. On the same 23d of February, Adams, one of the partners, filed a bill against Woods and Haskell, the other two partners, averring the existence of a partnership between them, and praying its dissolution. By consent of Adams, Woods and Haskell, the plaintiffs in this suit, A. A. Cohen was appointed receiver in the suit between them. Thus stood the suit between Adams, Woods…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
The first question presented by the record, and upon which the decision of the Superior Court of San Francisco was predicated, is whether the property, in the judgment of Adams & Co. against Hastings, vested in the receiver appointed by the Court in the case of Alvin Adams against his copartners, so as to prevent a creditor of the firm from gaining any advantage over other creditors by adverse legal proceedings. The Court below held that it did, and that defendants gained no priority or lien by virtue of their proceedings against Adams & Co., and that, therefore, the judgment against Hastings…
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