T. T. Haydock Carriage Co. v. Pier
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fonddu Lao County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Tayloe as a part of the opinion: On the 20th of January, 1888, the appellant commenced an action on a promissory note of Bartell Bros., a firm consisting of J. M. Bartell and P. C. Bartell.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fonddu Lao County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Tayloe as a part of the opinion: On the 20th of January, 1888, the appellant commenced an action on a promissory note of Bartell Bros., a firm consisting of J. M. Bartell and P. C. Bartell. Judgment was obtained, in said action, against the said Bartells, for the sum of $823.17. At the time said action was commenced, the appellant also commenced a garnishee action against the respondent (Kate PierJ, claiming that she had property or money in her hands belonging to said Bartell…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
As we have concluded that a married woman cannot lawfully be an assignee of a debtor under an assignment made for the benefit of his creditors under our statute, we do not feel called upon to express an opinion as to whether the learned circuit judge was justified in non-suiting the plaintiff on the question as to whether the assignment was void because made to hinder, etc., the creditors of the assignor.
It was shown on the trial that the assignee was possessed of a separate estate of her own, that she was an attorney at law, and that she had done business on her own account for several years…
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