Pierce Steam Heating Co. v. Ransom
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, the Pierce Steam Heating Company,from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant Louis M. Fulton, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 7th day of August, 1896, up'on the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term dismissing its complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J.:
The plaintiff, as a judgment creditor, seeks to set aside a general -assignment made by the defendants Ransom, as copartners, to Louis M. Fulton, as assignee. The claim that the assignment was fraudulent and void was based upon the following grounds: (1) That the ■assignment was signed four days before it was filed, and that after the signing and before the filing thereof the property covered by the assignment remained in the possession of Ransom & Co. ■(2) Because of a preference given to a creditor by a chattel mortgage recorded just before the assignment, and by the sale of a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Smith v. CraftSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Nat. Park Bk. of N.Y. v. . WhitmoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Abegg v. . BishopNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- McIlhargy v. . ChambersNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- South Danvers National Bank v. StevensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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