Legal Opinion

Sommers v. Cottentin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 11, 1898PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Cross appeals from special term. Action by Isaac Sommers and others against Leon Cottentin and others. From interlocutory and final judgments entered on reports of referees, all parties appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtPatterson, J.

These are cross appeals, the defendants appealing from both an interlocutory and a final judgment. The cause was tried before a referee appointed to hear and determine the issues. His report was confirmed, and an interlocutory judgment was entered thereon, by which certain conveyances, mortgages, and transfers of property were declared to be fraudulent and void as against the plaintiffs, judgment creditors of the defendant Leon Cottentin. By such interlocutory judgment another referee was appointed to take and state an account, and determine and report what property and assets, or the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smith & Hoe v. AckerCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1840
  2. Mitchell v. . WestNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  3. Delaney v. ValentineNew York Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Munzer v. Swedish American LineDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1939

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