Lindsley v. Van Cortlandt
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Westchester county. Action by Augustus N. Lindsley against Henry W. Van Cortlandt and others to set aside a bill of sale and certain judicial proceedings on the ground of fraud against creditors. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtPratt, J.
I am unable to concur in the conclusions reached by the learned trial judge in this cause. The action was brought to set aside a bill of sale and certain judicial proceedings on the theory that they were fraudulent as against creditors. The controlling facts have been found or appear by evidence substantially undisputed. Young Van Cortlandt owed his father $7,988.50 on July 20, 1891. He also owed the plaintiff quite a sum, the precise amount not being important, in my view of the questions here involved. He on that day sold certain property to his father by a bill of sale apparently regular…
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- Briggs v. . AustinNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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