McGill v. Brown

Citations

• 72 Wash. 514
• 130 P. 1142
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1501

Syllabus

<p>Assignments — Title—When Passes — Receivers—Right to Account Assigned Prior to Appointment. Where a sale of pig iron was made to a manufacturer of iron posts, holding a contract with a city for posts, on the security of an assignment by the manufacturer of its claims against the city, which assignment was accepted by the city, title to the city warrant in payment of the posts passed to the seller of the iron; and a receiver of the manufacturer would not be entitled to the warrant by reason of the fact that part of the posts were delivered by him, or that an insignificant part of the work thereon was performed after his appointment as receiver; as the receiver would have no better title than the assignor of the warrant.</p> <p>Receivers — Remedies Against — Procedure. Where a receiver ' wrongfully obtained possession of a warrant that had been assigned by the receiver’s insolvent, the regular procedure is for the assignee to obtain an order in the receivership case requiring the receiver to return it or its proceeds.</p>