Case Name: Thomas E. Bennett, receiver, &c. plaintiff, vs. William Erving, defendant
Court: New York Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1865-05
Citations: 4 Rob. 671
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thomas E. Bennett, receiver, &c. plaintiff, vs. William Erving, defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the city of New York
Volume: 27
Pages: 671–672

Head Matter:
Thomas E. Bennett, receiver, &c. plaintiff, vs. William Erving, defendant.
An action will not lie, in this court, to set aside as fraudulent a conveyance to the defendant, of a farm in .New Jersey; the “ subject of the action ” being land in another state.
(Before Gabviit, J. at special tern,
May, 1865.)
This was an action to set aside as fraudulent a conveyance to the defendant, of a farm in new Jersey.
The defendant’s counsel moved, on the trial, to dismiss the complaint, on the ground that the words “ cause of action,” in section 33 of the Code of Procedure, giving to this court jurisdiction of the actions enumerated in sections 123 and 124, “ when the cause of action shall have arisen, or the subject of the action shall be situated ” within the city of New York, refer to personal actions only, not to those of this character ; and that the “ subject of the action ” being land in another state, the suit would not lie.
G. W. Stevens, for the plaintiff.
G. W. Gotterill, for the defendant.

Opinion:
The Court,
after consideration, granted the motion, and dismissed the complaint.