Chase's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from a decree of a probate court denying the petition of the appellants for such a marshaling of the claims allowed against the insolvent estate of Brown & Brothers, a corporation, as should give the claim of Franklin Farrel, one of the appellants, a precedence in the payment of the dividend on the estate overa certain claim of the National Shoe & Leather Bank, another creditor s the appeal was taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County.
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Appeal from a decree of a probate court denying the petition of the appellants for such a marshaling of the claims allowed against the insolvent estate of Brown & Brothers, a corporation, as should give the claim of Franklin Farrel, one of the appellants, a precedence in the payment of the dividend on the estate overa certain claim of the National Shoe & Leather Bank, another creditor s the appeal was taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The appellants (original petitioners to the probate court) were Augustus S. Chase and Edward C. Lewis, trustees of the assigned estate of Brown &…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
In February, 1886, Brown & Brothers, a corporation located within the probate district of Waterbury, went into insolvency; the appellants Chase and Lewis were appointed trustees of its assigned estate; and commissioners were appointed to receive and pass upon such claims as might be presented against it.
The Rational Shoe & Leather Bank of New York, the appellee, and Franklin Farrel one of the appellants, claimed to be the chief creditors. The bank presented as claims in its favor three notes aggregating $29,900 ; Farrel presented claims in his favor amounting to about $175,000. The appellants…
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