Legal Opinion

Wardens & Vestry of St. James' Church v. Rector, Vestry & Wardens of the Church of the Redeemer

New York Supreme Court

Decided November 6, 1865PublishedCited by 8 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the special term, setting aside a deed as fraudulent and void. The material facts appear in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Leonard, J.

Certain persons, in February, 1853, became vestrymen in both of the church corporations, which are the parties, plaintiff and defendant, in this action. *357Without any consideration paid to the corporation of St. James, the majority of these vestrymen caused and procured certain real estate which belonged to that church to be conveyed to the Church of the Redeemer. The simple ^statement of these facts, so found by the court, without the support of other facts also found, .establishes the fraudulent character of the conveyance.

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2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Jones v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
  2. Pearson v. Concord RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1883
  3. Bank of Manhattan Trust Co. v. Twenty-one Sixty-six Broadway Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1932
  4. Delaware City, S. & P. S. N. Co. v. ReyboldSupreme Court of Delaware · 1888
  5. Ashuelot R. R. v. ElliotSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1874

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