In re Craig

District Court, S.D. New York
In re Craig, 6 F. Cas. 712 (1870)

In re Craig

Opinion of the Court

I further certify that in the same proceedings Helena Craig, the wife of said bankrupt, was examined as a witness before me at the Instance of said creditor, and that the following is a summary of the evidence upon the points to be submitted to the court: The said Helena Craig on her examination testified as follows: “Q. 3575 — Do you mean to say that you paid $6,000 for the entire property (State St property) • A. — There was a mortgage on the property when I bought the lots. I paid between $12,000 and $13.000 for the property; that includes the mortgage upon the property which I afterwards paid. Q. 3576 — Was there any mortgage on the property at' the time you procured the subsequent mortgage on the property? (Question objected to. Question to be certified.) Q. 3577 — After your purchase of the property, did you give a mortgage upon it? A. — I did. Q. 3578 — To whom? (Objected to.) A. — To Mr. Corning for $7,000. Q. 3579 — Did you use that money to pay off the first mortgage? A. — No, sir. Q. 35S0 — What did you use that money for? (Objected to. To be certified.) Q. 3603 — Now please state the reason if you know, why the conveyance of this property was first, made to your husband and not to yourself? (Question objected to.)”

Reference

Full Case Name
In re CRAIG
Status
Published