Sears v. Columbian Insurance
Sears v. Columbian Insurance
Opinion of the Court
The Bank of Commerce was originally summoned as trustee and made an answer. An amendment was allowed by which the trustee was called the National Bank of Commerce. If the last named bank had come and answered in abatement that it was a different corporation from the one originally summoned, and not the same, an issue of fact might have been raised which could have been tried by the introduction of appropriate evidence. On such an issue the plaintiff could have contradicted by evidence any of the statements made or evidence adduced in support of the plea. But upon a general answer such evidence is not admissible. The answers and statements sworn to by the trustee are to be considered as true, and cannot be contradicted. All that the plaintiff can do is to allege ana
The only matter presented to us by the answer is the question whether the trustee named in the writ has funds of the principal defendant in his hands ; and, as the National Bank of Commerce admits the possession of funds, it must be charged.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Eben Sears v. Columbian Insurance Company & trustee
- Status
- Published