Andrews v. Schwartz
New York Court of Common Pleas
Motion to vacate attachment. Action commenced June 16, 1877. Attachment procured. April 23, 1878, on the ground that defendants were about to dispose of their property, and to leave the state, in order to defraud their creditors.
1Opinion of the CourtJ. F. Daly, J.
This action was brought upon an unliquidated demand for certain royalties alleged to be due from defendants to plaintiff upon the manufacture of oil from animal fat under a process of which plaintiff is patentee. The demand is denied by defendants, and the cause is at issue. Several months after the action was commenced, the factory of defendants, in One Hundred and Seventeenth street in this city, was destroyed by fire, and their business ceased. This *191is the explanation of their going out of business. They have sold what remained of their machinery or ntensils for a small sum, and have…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Stringfield v. FieldsNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1885
- Head v. WollnerNew York Supreme Court · 1889