Kratzenstein v. Lehman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Appeal by the defendant, Charles Lehman, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of New York on the 29th day of March, 1897, affirming an order of the General Term of the City Court of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The serious question presented in this case is whether the -levy made by the sheriff, by virtue of the .warrant of attachment, was .sufficient to give him the custody of the property levied upon and thereby give the court jurisdiction to enter-judgment in the action. The property levied upon was the interest of the defendant-Lehman in a policy of insurance upon his own life, issued by the Manhattan Insurance Company, which was not yet matured, but upon which premiums were to be paid.
As appears by the papers, the policy was an agreement on the part of the company to pay the sum of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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