Lax v. Peierls
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendants from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, first district, entered after a trial before a judge without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtBijur, J.
This appeal presents a single question of law. Defendants were bankers and had a credit on their books in favor of one of their customers, the Consolidated Embroidery Works, when plaintiff, as marshal, undertook to attach this credit in an action by a third person against the Consolidated Embroidery Works under section 78 of the Municipal Court Act (the substantial equivalent of section 649 of the Code) and received from defendants a certificate pursuant to section 79 of the act (similar to section 650 of the Code). The certificate read as follows:
“ We hereby certify that we have in our…
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- Almy v. . ThurberNew York Court of Appeals · 1885