Legal Opinion

MTR. CHASE MANHATTAN v. State

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 21, 1976PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Chief Judge Breitel.

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding, in the nature of mandamus, petitioner Chase Manhattan Bank, as assignee of one Francis Brown, seeks payment of the amount of a judgment in favor of Brown against the State. The judgment, as modified by stipulation, was for the balance due Brown under an agreement for engineering services rendered to the State.

The State asserts a right of setoff arising from nonpayment by Brown of withholding and unemployment insurance taxes. Special Term in this proceeding awarded judgment to Chase for $98,863.56. The Appellate Division modified to allow…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Continental Purchasing Co. v. Van Raalte Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
  2. Central State Bank v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1973

3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Bank of Waunakee, a Wisconsin Banking Corporation v. Rochester Cheese Sales, Inc., a Minnesota CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  2. Farmers & Merchants National Bank v. SchlossbergCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
  3. In Re: Doctors Hospital of Hyde Park, Inc., Debtor. Appeal Of: Daiwa Special Asset CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  4. United States v. Handy and Harman, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
  5. Pioneer Commercial Funding Corp. v. United Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1991

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