Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 1889

Gathercole v. Bedel

Gathercole v. Bedel
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Decided June 5, 1889 · Bingham, Smith
18 A. 319; 65 N.H. 211

Gathercole v. Bedel

Opinion of the Court

Bingham, J.

The case comes within Gen. Laws, c. 224, s. 84, which provides that attachments are dissolved by the assent of the plaintiff to a valid assignment by the defendant of his property for the benefit of his creditors, and e. 140, s. 3, which provides that actions of assenting «'editors shall be discontinued.

The defendant in this action made a valid assignment for the benefit of his creditors. The plaintiff assented to it, proved his claim, and no appeal has been taken from its allowance. The attachment is dissolved, and the action should be discontinued. The case is not governed by Leavitt v. Lovering, 64 N. H. 607; Laws 1885, c. 85, s. 9.

Demurrer overruled.

Smith, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

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