Cook v. Lake
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Wilbur F. S. Lake, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 5th day of June, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Erie Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This action was brought to set aside as fraudulent and void a conveyance of land by David Lake to his son and daughter, the defendants herein. The conveyance was made on the 10th day of August, 1898, and the consideration expressed was love and affection.
*93David Lake, at the time of deeding the property to his children, was engaged to marry Augusta C. Younger, who subsequently brought an action against him for breach of promise and recovered judgment for $5,000 damages by confession the day following the service of the summons. Execution was immediately issued on this judgment and…
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