42 N.Y. 71, Kelly v. Downing
| Citation: | 42 N.Y. 71 |
| Party Name: | JOHN KELLY, late Sheriff, & c., Appellant, v. GEORGE R. DOWNING and others, Respondents. |
| Case Date: | March 17, 1870 |
| Court: | New York Court of Appeals |
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Argued Jan. 10, 1870.
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COUNSEL
John J. Townsend, for the appellant, cited Cutter v. Wright (22 N.Y. 472); Whitney v. Whitney (49 Barb., 323); Emory v. Pease (20 N.Y. 62); Denman v. Prince (40 Barb., 219); Lowery v. Steward (25 N.Y. 239); Pothier Obligations, part 3, ch. 2, art. 6; Durdon v. Gaskell (2 Yeates, 268); Fleming v. Alter (7 S. & R., 295); Higdon v. Thomas (1Har. & Gill., 139);
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Arnold v. Lyman (17 Mass., 400); Mason v. Waite (17 Mass., 563); Mosher v. Hubbard (13 J. R., 512); Allen v. McKeen (1 Sumner, 37); Heard v. Bradford (4 Mass., 326); Hall v. Marston (17 Mass., 579); Weston v. Barker (12 J. R., 280); Nelson v. Bligh (1 J. Cas., 208); Wiggin v. Toss (4 N. H., 294); City Council v. Lange (1 Rep. Con. Ct., 454); cited 1 U.S. Digest, 296; Colgrove v. Fillmore (Aik., 347); Harris v. Stevens (7 N. H., 459); Stanton v. Thomas (24 Wend., 70); Hawley v. Sage (16 Conn., 52); Wright v. Wright (2 Harrington, 350); Scott v. Williamson (24 Maine, 343); Salter v. Cain (7 Ala., 478); Honston v. Frazier (8 Ala., 81); Williams v. Fullerton (20 Vt., 346); Parker v. Urie (21 Penn., 305); Stover v. Zimmerman (Id., 394); Eisenbrise v. Eisenbrise (4 Watts, 134).
John H. Reynolds, for the respondents, cited Schieb v. Baldwin (13 Abb. Pr. R., 469); Scott v. Porcher (3 Merivale, 651); Williams v. Everett (14 East, 596); Yates v. Bell (3 Barn. & Ald., 643); Grant v. Austin (3 Price, 58); Paige v. Broome (4 Russell, 7); Cary v. Curtis (3 How. U.S. 247).
EARL, Ch. J.
The plaintiff, as sheriff, having attached the note mentioned in the complaint, became the legal holder of the same, and he had the right to take all appropriate legal proceedings at law or in equity to collect or enforce payment of the same. (Code, § 232.) In this case, he commenced an equitable action against the defendants, alleging that the defendant Bailey had placed in the hands of the other defendants a sufficient amount of money expressly to pay this note, and Bailey was properly made a party as having an interest in the fund which the plaintiff sought to reach. The action was an appropriate one, if the allegations in...
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156 N.Y. 451, Coatsworth v. Lehigh Val. Ry. Co.
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