Legal Opinion

Morrison v. Morrison

New York Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1879Published

Appeal from a judgment, entered upon the report of a referee.

1Opinion of the Court

Tatcott, P. J. :

This is an appeal by James Morrison, one of the defendants, from so much of the judgment in this case, as orders the surplus, if any, after payment of a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and the costs, etc., of this action out of the proceeds of the sale of certain real estate situate on Graham street in the city of Rochester, to be paid to Alexander Morrison, another of the defendants.

The action was a creditor’s suit, commenced in August, • 1872, by the plaintiff Bessie Morrison, who had recovered a judgment against the defendant J ames Morrison, in the Supreme Court, for…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. BUTLER v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
  2. Thompson v. EllsworthNew York Court of Chancery · 1846
  3. Hiscock v. PhelpsNew York Supreme Court · 1869
  4. People ex rel. Larocque v. MurphyNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1865
  5. Barnum v. Seneca County BankNew York Supreme Court · 1851

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