Fort Stanwix Bank v. . Leggett
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by defendants, Abraham "W. Leggett and Phoebe B. Leggett, from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial district, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered on the decision of the court at Special Term.
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Appeal by defendants, Abraham "W. Leggett and Phoebe B. Leggett, from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial district, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered on the decision of the court at Special Term. This action was brought by plaintiff, as judgment creditor of Abraham W. Leggett, to set aside a deed executed by the latter to James R. Leggett, and one by the latter to Phoebe, wife of Abraham W. Leggett, as fraudulent and void. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. If the conveyance was fraudulent, no one except the assignee could…
1Opinion of the Court
Reynolds, C.
It appears that from about 1853 to 1860 the defendants, Abraham W. Leggett and David Ludlam, Jr., composing the mercantile firm of Ludlam & Leggett, had continuous dealings with the plaintiff in the way of borrowing money in some form, and the result was that the firm became insolvent, owing the plaintiff a large amount of money; so that on the 25th of March, 1861, the plaintiff obtained a judgment against Ludlam & Leggett as copartners or joint debtors for $19,279.41, upon which executions were duly issued to various counties and returned unsatisfied. In the mean time the…
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