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Gage v. Dow

Supreme Court of New Hampshire Merrimack
Aug 1, 1878
58 N.H. 420 (N.H. 1878)

Opinion

Decided August, 1878.

A state court has jurisdiction of an action brought by an assignee in bankruptcy to recover money paid by the bankrupt to the defendant in fraud of the bankrupt law.

ASSUMPSIT, by the assignee in bankruptcy of B. R. D., for money paid by the bankrupt to the defendant in fraud of the bankrupt law. Plea, to the jurisdiction. Question of jurisdiction reserved.

Barnard Leach, for the plaintiff, cited Goodrich v. Wilson, 119 Mass. 429; Eyster v. Gaff, 91 U.S. 521; Claflin v. Houseman, 93 U.S. 130; Wiswall v. Campbell, 93 U.S. 347, 348, 349; McHenry v. La Societe, 95 U.S. 58, 60; Milner v. Meek, 95 U.S. 252.

Mugridge and H. S. Clark, for the defendant.


The state court has jurisdiction.

Case discharged.

FOSTER, J., did not sit.


Summaries of

Gage v. Dow

Supreme Court of New Hampshire Merrimack
Aug 1, 1878
58 N.H. 420 (N.H. 1878)
Case details for

Gage v. Dow

Case Details

Full title:GAGE v. DOW

Court:Supreme Court of New Hampshire Merrimack

Date published: Aug 1, 1878

Citations

58 N.H. 420 (N.H. 1878)

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