Ullman v. Gorman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant," Amelia Gorman, as executrix, etc., of - John J. Gorman, deceased, from an Order of "the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 23d day of December, 1896, denying her motion to substitute the sheriff’s indemnitors in an action brought against him in his lifetime, said appellant being the personal representative of said sheriff.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
This is a motion by the executrix of John J. Gorman, formerly sheriff of the county of New York, to substitute his indemnitors as defendants in her place in an action originally brought against the sheriff for damages for the conversion of property taken by him under an execution. The action was brought in December, 1893, and no steps appear to have been taken in it until the death of the sheriff on May 21, 1895. After that the present defendant was substituted as defendant in the action in his place, and thereupon, in May, 1897, she made this motion to substitute the indemnitors.…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Terhune v. DunnCity of New York Municipal Court · 1898
- Terhune v. DunnCity of New York Municipal Court · 1898