GRUNOW, Adolph William Albert

1858 - 1921  (63 years)

• Name	GRUNOW, Adolph William Albert
  Birth	20 Oct 1858	Berln, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Newspaper Article	19 Aug 1886	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  	The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
  Newspaper Article	19 Aug 1886	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [1]
  	The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
  	RICHARDS V. GRUNOW (HALSTEAD CLAIMANT) This was on interpleader matter, which, was submitted by consent to his Honor's decision. The plaintiff, a wholesale butcher, had obtained a judgment on August 7, and issued execution against the defendant, a retail butcher. Halstead, the defendant's father-in-law, claimed his stock-in-trade under an absolute bill of sale, dated 28th April, which was duly registered on the 25th May. And the claimant set out that the bill of sale was given bona fide for actual advances made, part of which went to reduce the defendant's indebtedness to the plaintiff. The judgment debtor had never parted with the possession of the goods. Mr. Field, instructed by Mr. C. B. Pitt, for the claimant, cited the Credit Co. v. Pott (L. R., G Q. B., 695) to show that the statement of consideration was sufficient. Mr. Gibson, instructed by Mr. Lucas, for the judgment creditor, contended that this being an absolute bill of sale was bad as against tho judgment creditor. There must be a bona fide change of possession. Edwards v. Harben (2 T. R., 587), and other cases cited under Twyne's case in Smith's Loading Casos (8th edition), vol. 1, p. Î3 ; Wardell T. Smith (1 Campb., 333). Mr. Field replied. To say that the bill of sale was void as being a fraud against 'creditors under 13 Elizabeth, would be to make all absolute bills of sale void. The case of Edwards v. Harben was mentioned unfavourably in Benjamin on Sales, 2nd edition, p, 406. The judgment debtor and the claimant were then ex- amined orally, and swore that the advances were made bona fide. His HONOR held that it was not such a bona fide trans- action as the law would uphold. Ho could not get over the dictum of Lord Ellenborough in Wardill v. Smith, that in tho case of an absolute bill of sale the grantor must part with tho possession of the goods.
  Death	22 Nov 1921	St Leonard, New South Wales, Australia   [2]
  Person ID	I17843	HalstedMaster
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family	HALSTED, Elizabeth Alice,   b. 1866, Steeple, Essex, England d. 1945, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	8 Nov 1883	St Leonard, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  Children	1. GRUNOW, Louise Regina,   b. 1885, St Leonard, New South Wales, Australia d. 1944, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 59 years)   2. GRUNOW, Linda Everett,   b. 1888, St Leonard, New South Wales, Australia d. 1966, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia (Age 78 years)   3. GRUNOW, Elsie Elizabeth,   b. 1890, St Leonard, New South Wales, Australia d. 14 Feb 1979, Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia (Age 89 years)   4. GRUNOW, Ruby Violet,   b. 1894, St Leonard, New South Wales, Australia   5. GRUNOW, Lilian Adelle,   b. 1904, St Leonard, New South Wales, Australia d. 4 Jan 1962, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F3914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S9946] Australian Newspaper Archive, (Website: https://trove.nla.gov.au/), The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW) 19 August 1886, 9960. [S9947] Website: Australian Birth, Marriage and Death, 9961.