Legal Opinion

Campbell v. Fish

New York Court of Common Pleas

Decided December 2, 1878PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from a judgment in' favor of defendant, rendered in the District Court of the city of New York for the Sixth Judicial District. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Charles P. Daly, Chief Justice.

More than a year before the order was made for the examination of the defendant, Fish, as a third person having property belonging to .the judgment debtor, Humphrey, Humphrey had executed a bill of sale of all the property claimed in this suit to Fish to secure a debt due to Fish for boarding Humphrey and his ■family, amounting to $800. There is no question in the case as to the Iona fide of this transaction, the debt being actually due at the time of the transfer, and the bill of sale having been executed in good faith to secure the amount of this indebtedness.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mattison v. . BaucusNew York Court of Appeals · 1848
  2. Farrell v. HildrethNew York Supreme Court · 1862

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. First National Bank of Laramie v. CookWyoming Supreme Court · 1904

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