Crittenden v. Barton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, T. Franklin Crittenden, as trustee in' bankruptcy of the estate of Frederick Porschet and Frank C. Barton, as copartners under the firm name of Porschet & Co., from a judgment of the' Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the1 clerk of the county of Monroe on the 2d day of August, 1900, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Monroe Special Term, dismissing the complaint, upon the merits,
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
This action was- commenced February 24, 1900, by the plaintiff, as trustee in bankruptcy, assailing a payment of $542.50 made to defendant by Porschet & Co.,' a firm of retail meat dealers in the city of. Rochester, on the ground that such payment was an unlawful preference and in violation of the National Bankruptcy Act which became a law in 1898. The defendant succeeded upon the trial, but we think that the weight of evidence was against him and that a reversal of the judgment is necessary.
The firm of Porschet & Co. was composed of Frederick Porschet and Frank C. Barton and began…
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