Platt v. . Jones
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from, order of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of ¡New York, made June 6, 1883, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
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Appeal from, order of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of ¡New York, made June 6, 1883, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. (¡Reported below, 17 J. & S. 279.) This action was brought by plaintiff, as assignee in bankruptcy of Stratford P. Davidson and Edward ¡R. Jones, who composed the firm of Davidson & Jones, to restrain said Jones from using and occupying a seat in the ¡New York Stock Exchange, and to compel him to assign and transfer the same to .plaintiff. The material facts are stated in the…
1Opinion of the CourtEabl, J.
At the time the firm of Davidson & Jones was put into bankruptcy in 1878 by proceedings instituted against the members thereof by their creditors, they owned what is commonly called a seat in the Bew York Stock Exchange, the title to which stood in the name of the defendant Jones. The seat was included in the schedule of their property made in the bankruptcy proceedings and was estimated to be worth $6,000. The plaintiff was,,, under section 5044 of the Bevised Statutes of the United States, appointed assignee in bankruptcy, and an assignment of all the property and estate of the bankrupts…
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