Jenkins v. Bisbee
New York Court of Chancery
The complainant was a judgment creditor of the defendant, Charles Bisbee; and having issued a writ oí fieri facias, which had been returned unsatisfied, he filed his bill in this court for a discovery of property to be applied to the satisfaction of the judgment.
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The complainant was a judgment creditor of the defendant, Charles Bisbee; and having issued a writ oí fieri facias, which had been returned unsatisfied, he filed his bill in this court for a discovery of property to be applied to the satisfaction of the judgment. The bill charged, among other things, that Bisbee was the real owner of two lots of ground in the city of New York with the buildings thereon, the title to which was in the name of Lois Appell, but had been purchased by Bisbee or with his funds; that the buildings had been erected by him at his own expense, and the same were held by…
1Opinion of the Court
The Vice-Chawcei,i.ob.
The leading question which I ami called upon to consider, is one of fact: whether the defendants are husband and wife ? for if this relation is established, the consequence flowing from it, as respects the property held in her name, will confer upon the complainant a right to some relief in this court. .
It is not necessary, in cases like the present, to adduce proof of the formal solemnization of a marriage, or of a contract of marriage, made per verba, de presentí, which would constitute a valid marriage. Cohabitation, acknowledgment of a marriage by the parties…
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