Legal Opinion

Burnham v. Pidcock

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

Decided July 1, 1901PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiffs, George' Burnham and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant,- entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New- York on the 21st day of November, 1900, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Trial.Term before the court without a jury dismissing the complaint.

1Opinion of the Court

Rumsey, J.:

The action was brought upon a judgment against the defendant, recovered in the Supreme Court of New Jersey on the .4th of November, 1896. The defendant set up as a defense a discharge in bankruptcy granted to him on the 24th of April, 1900, in a proceeding begun on the 27th of December^ 1898, after the judgment was entered. There is no dispute about the facts, but all of them were admitted upon the trial. The judgment was proved by a copy of. the record in the Supreme Court of New Jersey, exemplified under the provisions of the act of Congress. There was contained in this record…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hennequin v. ClewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1884

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Frey v. TorreyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  2. In re LevitanDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1915
  3. In re ButtsDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1903
  4. Peeples v. PeeplesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
  5. In re BullisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902

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