Feldstein v. Richardson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Briton Richardson, as assignee, etc., and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of July, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, J.:
The judgment appealed from sets aside as fraudulent a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, made by the defendants Jane Macfarlane and William W. Macfarlane, composing the firm of William Macfarlane & Co., on the 27th day of April, 1896.
On the morning of the day when' the assignment was executed, and plainly in contemplation of the act, Mrs. Macfarlane cashed four *4checks, aggregating $1,770. Three of these checks, amounting to $1,470, were drawn on the firm bank account, and the fourth (for $300) was drawn on the bank account of the National Silk Label Company, a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Coursey v. . MortonNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Rothschild v. SalomonNew York Supreme Court · 1889
- Fay v. GrantNew York Supreme Court · 1889
- Birdsal, Waite & Perry Manufacturing v. SchwarzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Constable v. HardenberghAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896