Case Name: NEWTON C. SEARCH ET AL. VS. THE SEARCH SOAP CO.
Court: Baltimore City Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 1889-09-20
Citations: 1 Balt. C. Rep. 73
Docket Number: 
Parties: NEWTON C. SEARCH ET AL. VS. THE SEARCH SOAP CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Baltimore city reports, comprising opinions of the various courts of Baltimore city since 1888...
Volume: 1
Pages: 73–74

Head Matter:
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF BALTIMORE CITY
Filed September 20, 1889.
NEWTON C. SEARCH ET AL. VS. THE SEARCH SOAP CO.
C. G. Rhodes for petitioner.
Steele, Semmes & Carey for mortgagees.

Opinion:
DUFFY, J.
The corporation made a chattel mortgage to Charles E. Ellicott et al., preferring claims held by the mortgagees against the corporation and excluding all other creditors. The plaintiff filed a petition to have the corporation declared insolvent. Ellicott et al. demurred to the petition on the ground that a corporation could not be declared an insolvent. The Court overruled the demurrer.