McCloskey v. Bril

Defendant, an attorney, appeals from a summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Sheriff for poundage fees arising from a levy on a warrant of attachment which was subsequently vacated.

Defendant attorney, in behalf of his client, one Bril, had filed with plaintiff Sheriff a warrant of attachment issued by the Supreme Court, Brie County, in an action instituted by Bril against a foreign bank. The Sheriff levied on the bank’s funds located in New York. Subsequently, the bank, in that action, obtained summary judgment against Bril and the warrant of attachment was vacated. The attached funds were…