Legal Opinion

Stearns v. . Gage

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 2, 1879PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Appeal from, judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fourth judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee. The nature of the action and the facts appear sufficiently in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.

The plaintiff brings this action mainly for the purpose of vacating two conveyances of real estate, upon the ground that they were fraudulent as against creditors. The first conveyance was made by one Marvin Gage to his son, Franklin B. Gage, on the 1st day of April, 1871. The farm was subject to a mortgage of $4,000. A mortgage was given for $3,500 to secure a portion of the consideration money and the sum of $1,500, which it was then agreed was due from the father to the son, was allowed for work and labor performed by the son for the father after the son became twenty-one years of age, and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Baker v. . BlissNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
  2. Nickelson v. WilsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1875

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Anderson v. . BloodNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  2. Parker v. . ConnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  3. Miner v. EdwardsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  4. Fluegel v. HenschelNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Wafer v. Harvey County BankSupreme Court of Kansas · 1891

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