Legal Opinion

Hosmer v. Tiffany

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 21, 1908PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal by the defendants, Burnett Y. Tiffany and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th day of May, 1907, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Houghton, J. :

The action is to set aside as fraudulent certain transfers of personal property made by the defendant Burnett Y. Tiffany to his wife, the defendant Lucille. '

The finding of the court that the various transfers were fraudulent and void as to the creditors of Burnett, and that his wife participated in the fraud, was a proper one, and could not well have been otherwise. The court very properly could have gone further and found as matter of fact that no ante-nuptial agreement was ever made. The loose talk that Burnett would furnish a home and give the furniture to his intended wife…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Salt Springs Nat. Bank v. FancherNew York Supreme Court · 1895

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Mallouk v. American Exchange National BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
  2. Koellhoffer v. PetersenNew York Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Elliott School District No. 23 v. GorderNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1927

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