Kelvin Engineering Co. v. Knott

Burr, J.:

Plaintiff sues to recover damages in the sum of $500,000 from the defendant Knott, individually and as sheriff of the county of New York, for alleged negligence in connection with a levy under an attachment. Defendant’s answer is in substance a general denial, and it also contains a so-called “ defense ” and a “ counter*414claim ” against the American Exchange National Bank. It is that counterclaim to which this motion is addressed. The answer charges the American Exchange National Bank with having conspired with one Almeida, one of the defendants in the principal suit (in which the…