61 Fla. 596 | Fla. | 1911
On September 24th, 1909, the First National Bank of Quincy, Florida, filed a bill in equity to subject the separate property of A. R. Zangwill, a married woman, to the payment of money due upon an agree- • ment made by her in writing for the benefit of her separate property, and for the appointment of a receiver of the property pending the litigation. A receiver was appointed. A demurrer to the bill of complaint as amended was over
A petition was filed in the cause by N. B. Jordan, in which it is alleged that A. R. Zangwill had been on September 27th, 1909, duly adjudged a bankrupt, and that the petitioner had been appointed and qualified trustee for the said bankrupt. The petitioner prayed that the proceeds of the sale of the property in the possession of the receiver be delivered to the trustee in bankruptcy. The complainant bank demurred to the petition on the ground that it does not show the petitioner to be entitled to the relief prayed. The court overruled the demurrer to the petition and ordered the receiver to deliver the money received from sales of the property, less expenses, to the trustee in bankruptcy. From this decree, the complainant bank appealed and contends that as the complainant had begun proceedings to subject the property to the payment of money due to it, as authorized by the constitution, and that as the petitioner does not show that there were any other creditors of the married woman whose claims could be enforced against her separate property, the order directing the receiver to deliver money to the trustee without reserving enough for the bank’s claim is erroneous. Bringing this suit does not entitle the complainant to a preference that is not provided for by law.
The exhibits filed with and made a part of the petition of the trustee in bankruptcy show the debts of the bankrupt to be for merchandise purchased and for money borrowed by the bankrupt, including money borrowed from the complainant bank. As the separate property of a married woman may under the constitution be subjected in equity to the payment of the purchase money therefor or for money due upon any agreement made by her in writing for the benefit of her separate property, the in
The decree is affirmed.