Court Opinion

ID: 5455736
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-09 19:18:45.964313+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:32:38.776799
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Porter, J.
—It was the right of either of the firm to secure the plaintiff, as one of its creditors, by a transfer of partnership property (Mabbett v. White, 12 N. Y., [2 Kern.], 443 ; Graser v. Stellwagen, 25 N. Y, 315).
The assignment, in this instance, was in the nature of a mortgage. It did not divest the entire title, but left a residuary interest in the assignors, which could be reached by their other creditors. Its primary purpose was to secure the payment of the debt, and the trust to account for the surplus was purely incidental. Such a trust is not within the condemnation of the statute, and such a reservation is not unlawful (Leitch v. Hollister, 4 Comst., 211 ; Curtis v. Leavitt, 15 N. Y, 141 ; Dunham v. Whitehead, 21 Id., 131).
The judgment of the supreme court should be affirmed.
Grover, J.
—No grounds were stated upon which the motion for nonsuit was made. Hence no question arising upon that motion can be entertained in this court. Nothing was lost by the omission, as the only possible grounds were, that one partner could not dispose of the entire stock of the firm to secure or pay a debt; and that the transfer to the plaintiff was fraudulent and void on its face.
The first of these questions was decided by this court against the defendant in Mabbett v. White (12 N. Y. [2 Kern.], 443), and the last in Leitch v. Hollister (4 N. Y. [4 Comst], 211).
All the judges concurred.
Judgment affirmed.