Legal Opinion

First National Bank v. . Shuler

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 8, 1897PublishedCited by 75 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered September 11, 1895, which affirmed a judgment in favor of the plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee, with a notice of intention to bring np for review an interlocutory judgment. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.

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Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered September 11, 1895, which affirmed a judgment in favor of the plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee, with a notice of intention to bring np for review an interlocutory judgment. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The interlocutory judgment was erroneous and should be reversed so far as it appoints a receiver of the real and personal property of the original defendant, Isaac 0. Shuler, and directs defendants Elizabeth N. Shuler…

1Opinion of the Court

Andrews, Oh. J.

We think the proceedings and judgment in this case are fatally defective for the omission of the plaintiff to bring in and make the defendant Elizabeth N. Shuler a party defendant in the action, in her capacity as executrix of the original defendant, Isaac C. Shuler. The action was in the nature of a creditor’s bill, instituted by the plaintiff as a judgment creditor of Isaac G. Shuler before his death, and after the issuing and return of an execution against his property unsatisfied, to set aside a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, made by the judgment debtor to…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Osterhoudt v. . RigneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  2. Buffington v. HarveySupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. Edmeston v. LydeNew York Court of Chancery · 1829
  4. Brown v. . NicholsNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
  5. Rathbone v. . HooneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1874

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3Cited by75 opinions

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  3. Mtr. Lezette v. Bd. of Educ., HudsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  4. American Surety Co. v. ConnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
  5. McGregor v. Provident Trust Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1935

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