Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1890

Osborn v. Colwell

Osborn v. Colwell
Supreme Court of Rhode Island · Decided December 27, 1890 · PER CURIAM.
21 A. 103; 17 R.I. 196; 1890 R.I. LEXIS 74

Counsel

Ezra K. Parker, for complainant. Walter H. Barney, for respondent.

Osborn v. Colwell

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The question raised by the demurrer to the complainant’s bill is whether a suit in equity against an assignee by a creditor whose claim has been disallowed is the proper form of suit to be brought against an assignee under Pub. Laws R. I. cap. 820, § 1, of July 30, 1889, amending cap. 631, § 3, of April 20, 1887. We think it is. Such a suit is in *198 effect a suit to enforce the trusts of the assignment in favor of the person bringing it, and as such is properly brought in equity.

Ezra K. Parker, for complainant. Walter H. Barney, for respondent.

We do not think the assignor is a necessary party to such a suit.

Demurrer overruled.

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