Evans v. Dunkelberger

Case stated, the facts of which sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court delivered

by Thompson, J.

We agree with the learned judge of the Common Pleas that the assignment for the benefit of creditors made on the third day of September, 1858, in the State of New York, by Charles Dunkelberger to William Y. Cowan, was valid by the laws of that State. The objection that it was not acknowledged by the assignor is without force, when tested by the laws of that State. All that is required there, when there is no acknowledgment of the deed by the grantor, is the execution and delivery of it…