Abegg v. Bishop
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Henry Abegg, Henry H. Daeniker, and Adolph Rusch against John W. Bishop, Philip W. Crawford, Henry Grasse, Jesse A. Tilge, and others. Defendants had judgment, and plaintiffs appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
This action w,as brought to set aside a general assignment made by the defendants Bishop So Crawford to the defendant Grasse, and also a transfer of outstanding accounts executed and delivered by the defendants Bishop & Crawford to the defendant Tilge. It was claimed that the general assignment and the transfer of accounts were executed contemporaneously, and as part and parcel of the same transaction, and with intent to violate chapter 503 of the Laws of 1887, forbidding preferences except to the extent of one third of the actual assets of a debtor, and that, therefore, the assignment as…
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