Strong v. Skinner
New York Supreme Court
In Equity. This was a creditor’s bill founded on a judgment recovered against the defendant Reuben Skinner on the 5th of September, 1843, and on an execution issued on the same, returned unsatisfied. The bill was filed on the 10th of October, 1845. Dan Pond was made a defendant, on the ground of having, on the 15th of May, 1841, accepted an assignment from R. Skinner of all his personal property, in trust for certain of the creditors of Skinner.
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In Equity. This was a creditor’s bill founded on a judgment recovered against the defendant Reuben Skinner on the 5th of September, 1843, and on an execution issued on the same, returned unsatisfied. The bill was filed on the 10th of October, 1845. Dan Pond was made a defendant, on the ground of having, on the 15th of May, 1841, accepted an assignment from R. Skinner of all his personal property, in trust for certain of the creditors of Skinner. The bill alleged, that R. Skinner owed debts other than those provided for in the assignment. The assignment authorized the assignee, in his…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Paige, J.
Since the decision of Bradish v. Gibbs, (3 John. Ch. 522,) the validity, in equity, of an ante-nuptial agreement between husband and wife, without the intervention of trustees, by which the wife reserves to herself the power of disposing of her own property, either real or personal, during coverture, has not been doubted. Chancellor Kent in that suit reviewed all the English cases on the subject, and says (Id. p. 544,) that the case of Rippon v. Dowling, (Amb. 565,) puts the question completely at rest. In the case of Rippon v. Dowling, it was held by Lord Camden, that…
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