Griffin v. Cranston
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant, entered upon the decision of the Court, after a trial at Special Term. This action was brought by the plaintiff, a judgment creditor of Curtis Judson, against him and Hiram Cranston and George Slater, to set aside an assignment and transfer, made by Judson to the defendant Cranston, and to have it declared fraudulent and void, as to the plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant, entered upon the decision of the Court, after a trial at Special Term. This action was brought by the plaintiff, a judgment creditor of Curtis Judson, against him and Hiram Cranston and George Slater, to set aside an assignment and transfer, made by Judson to the defendant Cranston, and to have it declared fraudulent and void, as to the plaintiff. On the 5th of December, 1854, the copartnership theretofore existing- between the defendants, Judson and Cranston, was dissolved by mutual consent. An instrument in writing was, on that day, signed…
1Opinion of the CourtMonell, J.
The evidence taken on the trial, of the action not having been incorporated in the case upon which this appeal was heard, we are not called upon to review any of the findings of fact, except the finding that there was no fraud in the transaction between Judson and Cranston, nor any intent to hinder, delay or defraud the individual creditors of Judson. We are to assume that all the other facts found by the Court are sustained by the evidence. The sole question therefore is, is there, upon the face of the several instruments, executed between Judson and Cranston, on the 5th of December, 1854,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Griffin v. CranstonThe Superior Court of New York City · 1857
- Kellogg v. SlawsonNew York Supreme Court · 1852
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