Watts v. Wilcox
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Orange county. Action by Thomas Watts, as receiver, against Franklin A. Wilcox and others. A demurrer to the complaint was overruled, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
The complaint states that the defendant Horatio R. Wilcox was a large stockholder in the Middletown national Bank; that the bank failed, and an assessment was made of 100 per cent, on his stock to pay debts and liabilities; that Wilcox failed to pay; and that the receiver of the bank sued him, and obtained a judgment against him; and that the plaintiff is the receiver appointed upon proceedings in that action. The complaint then avers that Horatio R. Wilcox and the other defendants formed a plan by which nearly all of the property, real and personal, of the judgment debtor sliou.ld be put “…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fellows v. FellowsCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1825
- Haines v. . HollisterNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
3Cited by1 opinion
- Voorhees v. UngerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911