Lees v. Hayden
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by David J. Lees, substituted in place of Nathan J. New-witter, as receiver of the property and assets of Daniel H. Wickham, George S. Wickham, and Samuel E. Turner, against Eldin B. Hayden and Anna Hayden. From a judgment entered on a verdict directed by the court in favor of plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
On the 27th of October, 1890, the firm of D. H. Wickham & Co. made an assignment for the benefit of creditors to one Newwitter. At that time the defendant Eldin B. Hayden was indebted to the firm of D. H. Wickham & Co. for goods sold and delivered. Subsequently, and on the 6th of July, 1891, the said defendant executed and delivered to the assignee the promissory note in suit, for the amount of such indebtedness, payable on demand, which note, when delivered, was indorsed by the defendant Anna K. Hayden. On the 25th of May, 1892, in an action brought by a judgment creditor of D. H. Wickham &…
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fera v. . WickhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
3Cited by3 opinions
- Bissel v. Continental Trust Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1899
- Lees v. HaydenNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- Selleck v. SelleckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899