Reynolds v. . Aetna Life Ins. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered May 6, 1898, which modified and, as modified, affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. On March 2nd, 1888, Moses Bulkley and others obtained a judgment in the Supreme Court against Richard Worthington for $3,592.34, which still remains unpaid..
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered May 6, 1898, which modified and, as modified, affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. On March 2nd, 1888, Moses Bulkley and others obtained a judgment in the Supreme Court against Richard Worthington for $3,592.34, which still remains unpaid.. On the 9th day of the same month an order in proceedings supplementary to execution was duly made appointing the plaintiff receiver of all the property and estate of Richard…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
That the defendant Little, as receiver of the "Worthington Company, acquired no title to the policies in question, or to the money due or paid thereon by virtue of his appointment, has already been decided. (Little v. Garabrant, 90 Hun, 404; affirmed, 153 N. Y. 661; Bulkley v. Little, 154 N. Y. 742; 9 App. Div. 627.)
Therefore, if he possessed any right to the money due or paid under the policies, it was acquired from and through the assignment by Richard Worthington to the defendant Doman, the assignment by Doman to Margaret Worthington, and the assignment by Margaret to him. But as these…
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