Legal Opinion

Talcott v. Hess

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1883Published

Appeal from a judgment dismissing tbe complaint, recovered on a trial had at a Special Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Daniels, J.:

The action was brought by the plaintiff as a judgment creditor, whose execution against property had been returned unsatisfied, to reach and apply the property of the debtor Alice Hazard to the payment of his judgment. Before it was commenced, she made a general assignment to the defendant Hess for the benefit of her creditors. The total amount of her liabilities was stated in the schedule to be the sum of $20,175.66. The payment of $6,209.06 of this amount was preferred in the assignment, while the residue was not otherwise provided for than by the direction that the assignee…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Shultz v. . HoaglandNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  2. Bostwick v. . MenckNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
  3. Kavanagh v. BeckwithNew York Supreme Court · 1865
  4. Fiedler v. DayThe Superior Court of New York City · 1849
  5. Waverly National Bank v. HalseyNew York Supreme Court · 1870

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