Legal Opinion

Gilchrist v. Stevenson

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 6, 1850PublishedCited by 12 opinions

The plaintiffs in their complaint demanded, as relief, that the defendant, William Stevenson, should account with them for all sums of money received and collected on two bonds and mortgages, since their assignment by Daniel Stevenson, and which the plaintiffs alledged were assigned by said Daniel Stevenson for their benefit; and that the defendant should be directed to collect all sums remaining unpaid on such bonds and mortgages, and to account and pay over to the…

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The plaintiffs in their complaint demanded, as relief, that the defendant, William Stevenson, should account with them for all sums of money received and collected on two bonds and mortgages, since their assignment by Daniel Stevenson, and which the plaintiffs alledged were assigned by said Daniel Stevenson for their benefit; and that the defendant should be directed to collect all sums remaining unpaid on such bonds and mortgages, and to account and pay over to the plaintiffs their proportions of the same. By an indorsement on the back of one of the mortgages which was given by E. Hills to…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Paige, P. J.

The assignment of the bonds and mortgages against E. Hills and H. and S. Waller, by Daniel Stevenson to John McDougall, the father of the plaintiffs Mrs. Gilchrist, Mrs. Hall, and Daniel and William McDougall, and the execution of the instrument in writing executed by John McDougall and his three adult children, and the delivery of the bonds and mortgages to the defendant, under an agreement that they should be so delivered, and that he should collect the moneys due thereon and pay over the same to the persons declared by such instrument to be interested therein,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Kip v. Bank of New-YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1813
  2. Cruger v. HallidayNew York Court of Chancery · 1844

3Cited by12 opinions

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  3. Brown v. BrownNew York Supreme Court · 1852
  4. Geary v. PageThe Superior Court of New York City · 1862
  5. Graham v. HoyThe Superior Court of New York City · 1875

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