M'Menomy v. Roosevelt
New York Court of Chancery
MARK 8f SPEYER were partners in trade, in the city 0f Ncw-York, and, by articles, dissolved their copartnership in August, 1799. Certain tracts of land belonged to them, at the time of the dissolution, the legal title to which was vested in M. One of these tracts was conveyed in December, 1799, to John Murray, in trust, to secure certain German creditors; (see the last ca.se.) The bill of the plaintiff stated, that M. fy S. had ceased their ordinary mercantile business, in…
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MARK 8f SPEYER were partners in trade, in the city 0f Ncw-York, and, by articles, dissolved their copartnership in August, 1799. Certain tracts of land belonged to them, at the time of the dissolution, the legal title to which was vested in M. One of these tracts was conveyed in December, 1799, to John Murray, in trust, to secure certain German creditors; (see the last ca.se.) The bill of the plaintiff stated, that M. fy S. had ceased their ordinary mercantile business, in 1799, and were insolvent; and that, in contemplation of bankruptcy, M., in whom the legal title to the real estate of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The cause stood over for consideration until this day.
The Chancellor.
The object of this bill is to set aside the deed to Jones fy Townsend, of the 15th of April, 1800, and the judgment in their favour, which Was entered up and docketted on the 19th oí April, 1800. The deed was given, and the judgment confessed by Mfirk, to secure the defendant Roosevelt, for advances made, and responsibilities incurred for M. S.
The objection to the validity of these securities is, that, 1. They were given with intent to delay, hinder, and defraud creditors; and, 2. That the were given in contemplation of…
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