Foster v. Townshend
New York Court of Common Pleas
Demurrer to complaint. This action was brought by John A. Poster, as receiver, against John Townshend, JohnWythe and others.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The plaintiff was, in 1867, appointed receiver in an action for a limited divorce, instituted in this court by Mary Carey against her husband, Thomas W. Carey, of all his estate real and personal, for the purpose of enforcing payment of alimony. At that time he was the owner of a lot of ground in the city of blew York, but after the appointment of plaintiff as receiver, no conveyance thereof was made to him as might have been required. In violation of the injunction, the defendant, Thomas W. Carey, conveyed the lot to John Wythe, and took back a consideration money mortgage for one thousand…
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