Legal Opinion
American Surety Co. v. Gainfort
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 3, 1954PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONGER, District Judge.
This suit was tried without a jury upon seven claims for relief. The first six involve judgments obtained in California while the seventh involves fraud of creditors.
All the evidence in the case was documentary.
The following judgments were established :
June 13, 1935, Superior Court, County of San Francisco, in favor of S. Heyman against J. H. Gainfort in the sum of $2,220 with interest etc.
June 14, 1935, Superior Court, County of San Francisco, in favor of J. L. Duns-comb against John Gainfort et al. in the sum of $6,329 with interest etc., nunc pro tunc as of June 30,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hearn 45 St. Corp. v. JanoNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- Estate of GainfortCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
3Cited by2 opinions
- American Surety Company of New York v. John H. C. GainfortCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- New Jersey Steel Corp. v. Huffman (In re Valley Steel Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia · 1997