Legal Opinion
Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp. v. Beck
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided June 10, 1915PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from City Court of New York, Trial Term. Action by the Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation, Limited, of London, England, against Morris Beck. From a judgment in favor of defendant, dismissing its complaint upon the merits, plaintiff, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitaker, J.
The action was brought to recover the sum of $779.44, balance of agreed price and reasonable value of goods sold to the defendant by R. Siegel & Son prior to June 29, 1911. On June 27, 1912, defendant, claiming to be unable to pay his creditors in full, entered into the following agreement with all his creditors:
“This agreement, entered into this 27th day of June, 1912, by and between Maurice Beck, of Patchogue, Long Island, party of the first part, and the undersigned, all being creditors of the said Maurice Beck, parties of the second part, as follows:
“Whereas, the party of the first part…
2Cited by1 opinion
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