Sommers v. Cottentin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Isaac Sommers and others, from portions of, and by the defendants, Leon Gotten tin and others, from the whole of, a final judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the •office of the clerk of the county of New York on the '3d day of May, 1897, upon the report of a referee, an interlocutory, judgment •entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of May, 1895, upon the' report of a referee, and an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day…
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Appeal by the plaintiffs, Isaac Sommers and others, from portions of, and by the defendants, Leon Gotten tin and others, from the whole of, a final judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the •office of the clerk of the county of New York on the '3d day of May, 1897, upon the report of a referee, an interlocutory, judgment •entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of May, 1895, upon the' report of a referee, and an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of April,. .1897, overruling exceptions to the report of the -referee appointed under the interlocutory judgment. ■
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
These are cross-appeals, the defendants appealing from both an interlocutory and a final judgment. The cause was tried before a .referee appoiuted to hear and determine the issues. His report was confirmed and an interlocutory judgment- was entered thereon, by which certain conveyances, mortgages and transfers of property were declared.to be fraudulent and ..void as against the plaintiffs, judgment creditors of the defendant Leon Cottentin. By such interlocutory judgment another referee was appointed to take and r state an account and determine and report what property and…
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