Simpson v. . Jersey City Contracting Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered January 11,1900, reversing an order of Special Term vacating a levy of attachment made upon certain certificates representing shares of stock of the Hew Jersey and Pennsylvania Telephone Company. The question certified and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered January 11,1900, reversing an order of Special Term vacating a levy of attachment made upon certain certificates representing shares of stock of the Hew Jersey and Pennsylvania Telephone Company. The question certified and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Stock of a foreign corporation is not property within the state, subject to levy of attachment against a non-resident owner. (Plimpton v. Bigelow, 93 N. Y. 592; Christmas v. Biddle, 13 Penn.…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in the first department, has certified the following question of law to this court: “ Whether, where the certificates of stock of a foreign corporation belonging to a non-resident of the state are in possession of a resident of this state, as pledgee, the interest of the owner and pledgor can be levied upon under a warrant of attachment against such owner, made by service of a notice on 'the pledgee in the manner prescribed by subdivision 3 of section 649 of the Code.”
The circumstances out of which the question arose were these: The plaintiffs,…
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