Carvill v. Mirror Films, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Mirror Films, Inc., from a determination and order' of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on or about the 14th day of February, 1917, reversing a judgment in the Municipal Court of the City of New York for the third district, borough of Manhattan, in favor of the defendant and granting judgment for the plaintiff.
1DissentSmith, J.
In Risley v. Phenix Bank of City of New York (83 N. Y. 329) Judge Andrews says: “ The claim that there can be no valid assignment of a part of an entire debt or obligation is opposed to the well settled rule in this State [citing authorities]. * * * The tendency of modern decisions is in the direction of more fully protecting the equitable rights of assignees of choses in action, and the objection that to allow an assignment of part of an entire claim might subject the creditor to several actions to enforce a single obligation has much less force under a system which requires all parties in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Howard v. . DalyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Risley v. . Phenix Bank of City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Chambers v. . LancasterNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Dickinson v. TysenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- King v. KingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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