Upah v. Ancona Bros. Co., S-93-729

CourtSupreme Court of Nebraska
Citation521 N.W.2d 906,246 Neb. 608
Docket NumberNo. S-93-729,S-93-729
PartiesJosephine UPAH, Appellee, v. ANCONA BROS. CO. et al., Appellants.
Decision Date23 September 1994

Syllabus by the Court

Judgments: Appeal and Error. Generally, an order, judgment, or proceeding dependent on, or ancillary and accessory to, a judgment, order, or decree which is reversed shares its fate and falls with it.

Jerrold L. Strasheim and Mary L. Swick, of Baird, Holm, McEachen, Pedersen, Hamann & Strasheim, Omaha, for appellant Ancona Bros. Co.

Fredric H. Kauffman and Gregory S. Heier, of Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, Lincoln, Allen E. Daubman, of Koley, Jessen, Daubman & Rupiper, P.C.; and Thomas R. Burke and Raymond E. Walden, of Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, Omaha, for appellants Samuel A. Ancona, Joseph I. Ancona, and Carl Ancona.

William Jay Riley, Daniel J. Wintz, and Gerald L. Friedrichsen, of Fitzgerald, Schorr, Barmettler & Brennan, P.C., Omaha, for appellee.

BOSLAUGH, FAHRNBRUCH, and LANPHIER, JJ., and SIEVERS, Chief Judge, and CONNOLLY, HANNON, and IRWIN, Judges.

BOSLAUGH, Justice.

This case involves the attempts of the plaintiff, Josephine (Ancona) Upah, to collect on a $3,766,000 judgment awarded to her against the individual defendants, Samuel A. Ancona, Joseph I. Ancona, and Carl Ancona, and the corporate defendant, Ancona Bros. Co. (Company). The judgment of $3,766,000 entered against the defendants was not superseded and has not been satisfied.

The defendants' appeal from that judgment to this court resulted in a reversal of the judgment, and the cause was remanded for further proceedings against Samuel A. Ancona and Joseph I. Ancona with respect to the plaintiff's claim that they transferred 244 3/4 shares from the Charles Ancona trust to the Company and then reissued those shares to themselves and Carl Ancona without any notification to the plaintiff and without any consideration being transferred to the trust. See Upah v. Ancona Bros. Co., 246 Neb. 585, 521 N.W.2d 895 (1994).

In the present case, the individual defendants appealed from separate orders of the district court granting the plaintiff's motions for orders in aid of execution. The orders directed that when any property or money is distributed to or for the benefit of the individual defendants from the Company's profit-sharing plan, such property or money shall be applied by the individual defendants toward satisfaction of the judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against...

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