Legal Opinion
In re Fay
New York Court of Common Pleas
Decided January 24, 1894PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Proceedings for a final settlement of the accounts of James H. Fay, assignee for benefit of creditors of Marshall Lefferts, Herman Braun, and Joseph D. Taylor, partners under the firm name of Marshall Lefferts & Co.
1Opinion of the CourtBookstaver, J.
On March 1, 1887, Marshall Lefferts & Co. made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors, with preferences, expressed in the deed of assignment as follows:
“To pay and discharge in full the following described indebtedness of the assignors to the individuals hereinafter mentioned for the amounts specified in their order, as follows: First, to S. M. Fay, of New York city, $36,000; second, to L. G. Woodhouse, of New York city, $2,000; third, to Messrs. McKesson & Robbins, of New York city, $1,200; fourth, to Maria L. Taylor, of Jersey City, N. J., $1,400; fifth, to E. T. Day, of New York…
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