66 P. 437 | Or. | 1901
after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
1. The assignees of the wagon road company claim a preferred lien on the fund in the hands of the receiver by virtue of the attachment of August 14, 1894, and in support thereof insist that the prior deed or assignment to Thompson was illegal and void, because (1) it was not a statutory assignment for the benefit of creditors; (2) it was not assented to by the wagon road company, and therefore not binding on it; and (3) it was made for the purpose of hindering, delaying, and defrauding creditors. But, as we understand the law, none of these objections can be urged by the petitioners in this proceeding. They can not claim the benefit of a fund derived under a deed of assignment, and at the same time insist that
But it is argued that they are not making such a claim, and that the suit in which Malcolm was appointed receiver was in the nature of a creditors’ bill to set aside and avoid the deed from the lumber company to Thompson, and such was the
The only question presented by the appeal of Messrs. George, Gregory & Duniway was the amount to which they were entitled as attorneys, and, as the trial court was in a better position than this court to determine that question, we are not disposed to disturb its findings. The decree, of the court below will therefore be affirmed, the costs of this appeal to be paid out of the surplus remaining in the hands of the receiver after the claims allowed by the court below have been satisfied. , Aeeirmed.