Rockwell v. . Brown
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of .¡New York, in favor of defendants, entered upon an order denying motion for'a new trial and directing judgment upon an order of the court at circuit dismissing plaintiff’s complaint. This was an action of ejectment, brought to recover certain premises situate in the city of New York. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinions.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of .¡New York, in favor of defendants, entered upon an order denying motion for'a new trial and directing judgment upon an order of the court at circuit dismissing plaintiff’s complaint. This was an action of ejectment, brought to recover certain premises situate in the city of New York. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinions. An assignment for the benefit of creditors, may be either voluntary or in invitum. (Burr on Assignments, 45 [2d ed.] ; Johnson v. Hunt, 23 Wend., 95.) As every judgment or order of a court…
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff, in order to make out a link in the chain of his title, having shown the fee to be vested in one Isaac V. Paddock, offered in evidence a deed executed by Paddock under hand and seal, and duly acknowledged and certified to entitle it to be read in evidence, conveying all his estate subject to certain exceptions, immaterial to be stated, to the plaintiff. The deed was expressed to be "for the consideration of one dollar to me in hand paid," and also recited that it was executed under and by virtue of the statute concerning voluntary assignments made pursuant to the application of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Games v. Stiles Ex Dem. DunnSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- BaileyCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1831
- Onderdonk v. . VoorhisNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Forrest v. . HavensNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
3Cited by1 opinion
- Rockwell v. . McGovernNew York Court of Appeals · 1877