Sebring v. Wellington
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Quincy W.'Wellington, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Steuben Trial Term and entered in the office of the. clerk of the county of Steuben on the 24th day of September, 190.0, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes upon the rendition of a verdict of a jury in. favor of the plaintiff after a trial at the Steuben Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, P. J.:
The plaintiff, as trustee in bankruptcy of one David C. McKee brings this action against the defendant, a banker residing and doing business in the city of Corning, to recover the value of certain personal property transferred by the bankrupt to the defendant under circumstances which it is claimed created a voidable preference within the provisions of section 60 of the Federal Bankrupt Law (30 II. S Stat. at Large, 562), which reads as follows, viz.:
“ See. 60. Preferred Creditors, a. A person shall be deemed to have given a preference if, being insolvent, he has procured or…
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