Thatcher v. Merriam

HOYT, District Judge.

In this case the administrator and heirs of Joseph F. Livingston, deceased, sue to have declared void an instrument entitled “Assignment” by which Joseph F. Livingston, in consideration of love and affection purported to give and assign a certain promissory note, together with a deed of trust and a chattel mortgage securing payment of same, to his three sisters, subject to certain terms and conditions set out in the assignment. The instrument of assignment was delivered by Livingston personally in his lifetime at the home of one of the assignees in the presence of all…