Hynes v. Alexander
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John Hynes, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant John W. Alexander, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 30th day of December, 1895, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Westchester Special Term dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office* on the 30th day of November, 1895, directing the . entry of said judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The respondent is an assignee for' the benefit of the creditors of J. & G. Stewart, a co-partnership heretofore existing and carrying *110-on business in the city of New York. This action is brought in the Supreme Court for an accounting for the benefit of plaintiff, ■whose.debt is alleged, and for the benefit of all other creditors similarly situated.. The complaint alleged the making of the assignment on the 16th day of August, 1894; that more than a year has elapsed since the making thereof, and that the assignee has not rendered any account of his proceedings. No special reason is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chipman v. . MontgomeryNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
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