In re the Alleged Bankruptcy of Kenyon & Fenton
Utah Supreme Court
The question before the Court arises upon two separate demurrers filed by said several alleged bankrupts to the petition for Adjudication of Bankruptcy against them.
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The question before the Court arises upon two separate demurrers filed by said several alleged bankrupts to the petition for Adjudication of Bankruptcy against them. The petitioner among other things alleges that said firm are publishers of a daily paper in Salt Lake City, in said Territory, known as the “ Salt Lake Daily Review,” and have also conducted a book and job printing office connected therewith, in which are manufactured cards, notes, bill-heads, blank books, posters, show-bills, and other articles, etc. That said firm within six months, to-wit : on the 26th of December, 1871, in…
1Opinion of the Court
McKean, C. J.,
delivered the following opinion :
The Respondents must be regarded as manufacturers, and the promissory notes set forth in the petition as their commercial paper. The petition contains all necessary averments, and, therefore, the demurrers should be overruled.
Hawley, J.,
delivered the following opinion:
To understand the questions raised by said demurrers, it becomes-necessary to enquire into the nature and extent of the character of a naanufacturer and trader within the meaning of the Bankrupt Act.
The character of a trader embraces a wide field of operation. It is of no…
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