Lore v. Dierkes
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal from a judgment. Philip Lore, in Ms life-time, being indebted, assigned a lease he held, and which constituted his only property, to Catherine Dierkes, one of the present defendants in this action, the transfer being expressed to be subject to the payment of the debts above mentioned without interest, and in installments to commence after his, the debtor’s death..
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Appeal from a judgment. Philip Lore, in Ms life-time, being indebted, assigned a lease he held, and which constituted his only property, to Catherine Dierkes, one of the present defendants in this action, the transfer being expressed to be subject to the payment of the debts above mentioned without interest, and in installments to commence after his, the debtor’s death.. Catherine Dierkes was also a creditor of Philip Lore, in the sum of $1,800. The lease assigned to her being subject to a mortgage, she had paid $500 to the holder of the mortgage in reduction of the amount due thereon. The…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.—Sedgwick, Ch. J.
The action is brought by plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Philip Lore, deceased, to set aside a transfer of leasehold property by him in his life-time to defendant Catherine Dierkes, as fraudulent as to the creditors of the intestate. The court found, upon sufficient testimony, that at the time of the transfer, the intestate was indebted to one Philip Baum, in $637, as evidenced by a promissory note payable on demand, and also to one Frederick Luxinger, in $300, which was due. This last indebtedness may be dropped from the case, except as a piece of…
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