O'Connor v. Mechanics' Bank

This is an action by a receiver in supplementary proceedings to recover funds on deposit in defendant bank, alleged to be the property of the judgment debtor, and which, after notice of appointment and demand, the: defendant refused to pay over to the plaintiff.

In March, 1887, Henry Ward Beecher died, leaving an. estate of real and personal property, and a last will, which was subsequently admitted to probate, and under which Herbert Foote Beecher, the judgment debtor, became-entitled to one-fourth of the estate as legatee. About December, 1887, the executors having sold the personal estate,…