Garfield Nat. Bank v. Peck
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from special term. Action by the Garfield National Bank against Nathan Peck and others. From an order requiring plaintiff to furnish one of the defendants with a bill of particulars respecting certain allegations of the complaint, he appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
This action was brought to have declared and annulled, as fraudulent and void, a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, made pursuant to the statute for such cases made and provided. The complaint charged “that the said instrument, purporting to be a general assignment, was made by the said persons composing the firm of Peck, Martin & Co. with intent.to hinder, delay, and defraud their creditors, including the plaintiff;” and then specifically alleged that the defendants, the assignors, had, in contemplation of their assignment, paid over to persons not named various sums of money…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- National Union Bank v. ReedNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1891