550 Park Avenue Corp. v. Kuhe

Plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant Bruno Kuhe in the sum of $7,139.33, and sought to levy execution on 397 shares of stock of H. L. Ladd, Chemist, Inc. Defendant Claire Kuhe, wife of defendant Bruno Kuhe, was the record owner of the stock, and claimed it as her separate property. Plaintiff then brought the present action to have the stock declared the property of the husband, and subject to execution under its judgment.

The evidence shows that in 1927 the husband was a licensed druggist in New York, and owner of the Dial Pharmacy there. He met the defendant Claire Pfau, who…