Legal Opinion

Beste v. Burger

New York Court of Common Pleas

Decided December 7, 1885PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of this court entered upon the decision of the judge upon a trial by the court without a jury. The facts are stated in the following opinion of the judge-before whom the case was tried at the Special Term.

1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.

This is an action in the nature of a creditors’ bill, brought by the plaintiffs, who are judgment creditors of the defendants Burger, Hurlbut and Healy, against the sa-id defendants Burger, Hurlbut and Healy and Frank H. Platt, to set aside an assignment dated the 11th day of September, 1884.

The defendants, Burger, Hurlbut and Healy, and one John A. Livingston, were co-partners, carrying on business in the city of New York, under the firm name of Burger, Hurlbut & Livingston. On the 1st day of September, 1884, Livingston died, leaving the said Burger, Hurlbut and Healy, his survivors, and…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Fitzpatrick v. FlannaganSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Hoyt v. SpragueSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  3. Beck v. BurdettNew York Court of Chancery · 1829
  4. The Ocean National Bank v. . OlcottNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  5. Wright v. . NostrandNew York Court of Appeals · 1883

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Chicago G. W. Ry. Co. v. First Methodist Episcopal Church of Leavenworth CityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
  2. In re FayNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1894

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