Garland D. Cox & Associates, Inc. v. Koffman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the matter remitted to that court.

The premise of the Appellate Division’s determination was that, because there had not been a levy of execution on the Koffman Group under petitioner’s judgment against P. D. C., petitioner could not secure a turnover order against the *880Hoffman Group in a proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR 5225 (subd [b]) and CPLR 5227. That premise was erroneous. There is no requirement that a judgment creditor obtain priority by way of execution before he resorts to one of…