Legal Opinion

Bangs v. . Strong

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 5, 1850PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Bill filed by Bangs and Alcott to obtain satisfaction of a judgment in the supreme court in their favor against Joseph Strong and Haltby Strong, rendered Oct. 30,1838. M. Strong put in a plea to the bill, supported by an answer, to all the relief and a part of the discovery prayed for, setting up an agreement made on the 12th of August, 1839, between J. Strong, the other judgment debtor, and the plaintiffs, by which time was given to the former to pay the judgment, and the…

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Bill filed by Bangs and Alcott to obtain satisfaction of a judgment in the supreme court in their favor against Joseph Strong and Haltby Strong, rendered Oct. 30,1838. M. Strong put in a plea to the bill, supported by an answer, to all the relief and a part of the discovery prayed for, setting up an agreement made on the 12th of August, 1839, between J. Strong, the other judgment debtor, and the plaintiffs, by which time was given to the former to pay the judgment, and the plaintiffs became [316] bound to receive in payment land instead of money, and alledging that J. Strong was the principal…

1Opinion of the Court

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] When the plea of the defendant, Maltby Strong, setting up the agreement of the 12th of August, 1839, in bar to the relief sought by the bill, was first brought before the chancellor, it was objected against by the plaintiffs, both in respect to form and substance; but was relied on by the defendant as containing matter which went to his complete discharge from the judgment which it was the object of the bill to enforce. The chancellor, in his opinion, discussed…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bangs v. StrongNew York Court of Chancery · 1842
  2. Orcutt v. OrmsNew York Court of Chancery · 1831

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Abbott v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1924
  2. Hughes v. Board of Com'rs of Oklahoma CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  3. Kkk Medicine Co. v. HarringtonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  4. Drexel v. PuseyNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Wagoner v. BradyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927

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