Voorhees v. Seymour
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL, by the plaintiffs, from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee. The action was brought by the plaintiff Voorhees as assignee of several judgments against George. F. Leitch, and by Richard Talcott, receiver of the property and effects of the said Leitch, appointed in proceedings supplementary to execution, commenced by the said Voorhees.
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APPEAL, by the plaintiffs, from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee. The action was brought by the plaintiff Voorhees as assignee of several judgments against George. F. Leitch, and by Richard Talcott, receiver of the property and effects of the said Leitch, appointed in proceedings supplementary to execution, commenced by the said Voorhees. The .object of the action was to reach certain bank stock formerly owned by the said Leitch, or the proceeds thereof, upon which it was claimed the plaintiff Voorhees had obtained a lien by virtue of the said supplementary proceedings, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Bacon, J.
The plaintiff Voorhees, before the commencement of this suit, became the owner by assignment to him of a large number of judgments recovered against George F. Leitch, amounting in the aggregate to nearly the .sum of $40,000. Among these were two judgments, one in favor of Obadiah Thorne, and one in favor of Elias Thorne recovered on the 28th of February, 1850, upon which executions had been duly issued and returned unsatisfied. Upon the return of these executions and on an application pursuant to the 292d section of the code, an order was granted, on the 30th of April,…
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