Legal Opinion
Eckstein v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 1939PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRippey, J.
Plaintiffs brought this action against a city marshal of the city of New York and against his bondsman to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiffs because of a sale by the marshal of certain personal property belonging to Abraham Lifschitz and Bertha Lifschitz. The complaint was dismissed at Special Term on motion of the bonding company on the ground that plaintiffs had failed to set forth a cause of action. The Appellate Division, by a divided court, sustained the complaint but certified that a question of law is involved which ought to be reviewed by this court, to wit:…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McCluskey v. . CromwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- People Ex Rel. Kellogg v. SchuylerNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
- Wood v. . FiskNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- De Sisto v. StimmelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- People ex rel. Metcalf v. DikemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,164 Index Fund, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Ingo v. KochCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Jemison v. CrichlowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Kolomensky v. WienerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Dixon v. SeymourAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
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