...him by John Turner, ibr the sum of 1,400/., entered into an arrangement, by which he was to assign all his estate and effects to trustees, for the benefit of his creditors. Turner, who was the principal creditor, acceded to this arrangement, on condition of having 1,048/.,...

...Note (2) — "And where a lessee under a Lease, lease (containing a covenant not to assign) conveyed all his estate and effects to trustees for the benefit of his creditors, it was held, that, as this conveyance was void under the bankrupt law, it did not amount to a forfeiture...

...HOLDS." After having given this note Holds became embarrassed in his circumstances; and he assigned his estate and effects to trustees for the benefit of his creditors. The petitioner executed the deed ; and it was intended, that he should receive a composition : but...

...193 ; but is now superseded by 6 Geo. 4. c. 16. sec. 4, which enacts that a conveyance by a trader of all his estate and effects to trustees for the benefit of his creditors, shall not be an act of bankruptcy unless a commission issue within six months afterwards. !See also...

...of contributories to the company. On the 30th of July, 1868, Morton executed a deed of assignment of his estate and effects to trustees for the benefit of his creditors, which was duly assented to by the requisite number of creditors, and registered under the 192nd section...

...occupation by assignees in trust for creditors.) A party, being in insolvent circumstances, assigned over all his estate and effects to trustees for the benefit of his creditors. The insolvent was tenant of a house in which he carried on the business of a grocer. The trustees used...

...custody, he was induced, at the instigation of Barton, to execute an assignment, on the 3d April, of all his estate and effects to trustees, for the benefit of his creditors ; to which assignment Barton was a party. Under this deed, property to the amount of 20/. 14s. was...

...acceptances when they became due, at the expiration of the letter of licence, executed an assignment of all his estate and effects to trustees for the benefit of his creditors. This deed was dated the 31st October 1838, and was also prepared by Messrs. Hadfield and Grave. The...

...fixtures, mortgaged his term without mention of the fixtures, and afterwards assigned the premises and all his estate and effects to trustees for the benefit of his creditors, and the trustees being in treaty for the sale of the fixtures, the mortgagee, whose principal and interest...

...trustees, for the benefit of his creditors. In the following February, the plaintiff seized the goods, &c., then on the premises of E. ; and in March a fiat in...issued against E, the act of bankruptcy being the above assignment of his estate and effects to trustees. In an action by the plaintiff against the assignees...