Case Name: In the Matter of the General Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors of Wallace G. Northam to Lewis N. Northam. Dutchess Insurance Company, Appellant ; Lewis N. Northam, Assignee, and Others, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1907-11
Citations: 122 A.D. 897
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the General Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors of Wallace G. Northam to Lewis N. Northam. Dutchess Insurance Company, Appellant; Lewis N. Northam, Assignee, and Others, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 122
Pages: 897–897

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the General Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors of Wallace G. Northam to Lewis N. Northam. Dutchess Insurance Company, Appellant; Lewis N. Northam, Assignee, and Others, Respondents.

Opinion:
Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion granted, without costs. Held, that in the circumstances disclosed by'the record in this case it was error for the court to refuse, on the ground of laches, to open the decree. All concurred, except Kruse and Robson, JJ., who dissented.