Herlihy v. Watkins

We previously held in the dispute between these two judgment creditors of one J. L. Watkins, Jr., that the Herlihy judgment was entitled to priority of distribution over the judgment of the 50 East 72nd Street Corporation. (Herlihy v. Watkins, 252 App. Div. 605.)

Under section 807 of the Civil Practice Act, the property of a judgment debtor acquired before or after the appointment of a receiver is vested in the receiver from the time of the order appointing him or extending his receivership. A receiver was appointed at the instance of Herlihy. Thereafter, by the order of November 10, 1936, the…