Fairfield Junior Corp. v. Standard Platinum Co.

In an action for conversion, judgment for plaintiff unanimously affirmed, with costs. The issue here was limited to the question of conversion of the personalty by the defendants on April 5, 1939. Defendants may not obtain possession by artifice and then invoke. article 10 of the Debtor and Creditor Law as justification for the act. Relief to be afforded, pursuant to section 279 of the Debtor and Creditor Law, must be molded in accordance with the circumstances presented in an action brought by a defrauded creditor or creditors. A judgment restoring the personalty to the possession of the…