Robinson v. . the Bank of Attica
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Superior Court of the city of "Buffalo. Action by the receiver of the Hollister Bank of Buffalo, an insolvent corporation, organized under the general banking law, to recover the value of certain promissory notes transferred to the defendant by the Hollister Bank.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of the city of "Buffalo. Action by the receiver of the Hollister Bank of Buffalo, an insolvent corporation, organized under the general banking law, to recover the value of certain promissory notes transferred to the defendant by the Hollister Bank. On the trial before the court, without jury, these facts were found: On the 28th of August, 1857, the Hollister Bank procured two drafts to be drawn upon it, payable September 8,1857, and September 5, 1857, and, after certifying the drafts to be good, procured, through the agency of the accommodation drawer, a loan…
1Opinion of the Court · WellesWelles, J.
The Revised Statutes provide that it shall not be lawful for any incorporated company to make any transfer or assignment, in contemplation of the insolvency of such company, to any person or persons whatever; and declare that every such transfer and assignment shall be utterly void. (1 R. S., 603, § 4.) This section belongs to title 4 of chapter 18 of part first, and in terms embraces the present case. The notes and money mentioned in the finding of facts by the court below, amounting to $5,000.01, were transferred by the Hollister Bank to the Bank of Attica, the defendant, in anticipation of…
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