Howard National Bank v. King

The assignment which is attacked in this action was made in the State of New Jersey by the defendant Locke, who was a citizen of that State. This instrument, although made a subject of contention in the courts of this State, has been finally adjudged to be valid by the law of the State in which it was made (Boese v. King, 78 N. Y. 471).

Plaintiffs, however, contend that as to property of the assignor situated within this jurisdiction at the time of the execution of the assignment, the validity of the transfer must be determined by the law of New York, and not by that of New Jersey. And that as…