Weaver v. Haviland
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Ontario county. Action by William H. Weaver against William W. Haviland, individually and as administrator, etc., of Phoebe Haviland, deceased, to recover certain funds, and to set aside a conveyance of real estate transferred to defendant by the deceased in her lifetime, in alleged fraud of her creditors. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This action was brought to recover certain funds in the hands of the defendant, and to set aside a conveyance of real estate on the ground that the same was made in fraud of the rights of creditors. The facts found by the trial court are, in substance, as follows; On the 17th day of September, 1878, Almond Haviland died, leaving a last will and testament, in which he bequeathed all of his real and personal estate to his wife, Phoebe Haviland, during the term of her natural life. The property devised and bequeathed by him consisted of a house and lot in the village of Geneva, and a certain…
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