Doughty v. Weston
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by an interpleaded defendant from a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York, entered after a trial by the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtPendleton, J.
The action was brought originally in aid of an attachment by the plaintiff in the attachment suit and the sheriff holding the attachment to compel payment of a debt due by defendant to the plaintiff in the attachment suit. The defendant paid the money into court and interpleaded an alleged assignee of the debt, who has appeared and is the appealing defendant, and he now claims the debt was assigned to him before the levy by the sheriff under the *305attachment. The defendant on the trial offered in evidence an assignment to him of the debt in question in writing by the defendant in the attachment…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Thurber v. . BlanckNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Throop Grain Cleaner Co. v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Columbia Bank v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Estate of KitchingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- Doughty v. WestonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916