Central National Bank v. Seligman
New York Court of Appeals
Central Nat. Bank v. Seligman (64 Hun, 615), reversed. Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made June 3, 1892, which modified and affirmed as modified a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Ch. J.
The firm of Seligman Bros. & Co., on the 2d day of July, 1888, made a general assignment of their property for the benefit of creditors. This action was brought by the plaintiffs, to whom the firm was indebted at the time of the assignment, and who subsequently procured judgments against the assignors for their debts, to set aside the assignment for fraud, and to have the property of the assignors applied to the payment of the judgments of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs joined as defendants with Seligman Bros. & Co., and the assignee, one Moses, and the members of the firm of…
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