Legal Opinion
Leve v. Doyle
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 26, 1958PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
William C. Hecht, Jr., J.
This is a motion to vacate a warrant of attachment and the levy thereunder on various grounds.
Plaintiff is ancillary administrator in this State of the will of Denis P. S. Conan Doyle, who died a resident of Switzerland. The defendant is admittedly a nonresident of this State, who has not been served with process in this jurisdiction. This is not an action to recover assets of the decedent located in the State of New York. Defendant accordingly contends that the plain*275tiff, as New York ancillary administrator, does not possess a cause of action against him to collect…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lockwood v. United States Steel Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1913
- In re RogersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- In Re the Application for Ancillary Letters Testamentary Upon the Will of RogersNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Lockwood v. United States Steel Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Dempsey v. Guaranty Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate ObregonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Gordon v. GordonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Leve v. DoyleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1958