Legal Opinion

McCord v. McCord

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 15, 1899PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Henry D. McCord, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, Ida M. McCord, individually, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New ,York on the 23d day of .November, 1898, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, awarding to said defendant a certain sum ($9,823.34) payable from the gratuity fund of the New York Produce Exchange.

1Opinion of the Court

Barrett, J.:

The single question here is whether Mrs. McCord’s interest in this gratuity fund was assignable. The facts are these: Upon the *276lath day of October, 1891, Mrs. McCord (her husband, Henry W. McCord,- being then alive and a member of the Produce Exchange), executed an assignment to the.plaintiff of all her right, interest and claim in and to what is known as the gratuity fund of that institution. This assignment was' also executed by her husband, who was the plaintiff’s son, and covered his certificate of membership in the Exchange as well as her rights in the fund. . The assignment…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Eadie v. . SlimmonNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
  2. Field v. . the Mayor, C. of New-YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
  3. Romaine v. . ChaunceyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  4. Kemp v. New York Produce ExchangeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Dudley v. Fifth Avenue Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
  2. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1939
  3. Holmes v. . SeamanNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
  4. Dexter v. Supreme Council of Royal Templars of TemperanceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
  5. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1939

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