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1 How. Pr. 220

Adams v. Elliott

New York Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1845

New York Supreme Court · decided 1845-09-15

Motion by Edward J. Jaques, landlord, that the sheriff of the city and county of New York pay over to him, as landlord, the proceeds of the sales of the defendant’s goods and chattels—The sheriff, by virtue of an execution against Elliott, claimed to have levied upon the furniture, &c., in the Park Place House, New York; but the officer did not view the whole of the property alleged to have been levied upon; nor did he enter the rooms in which the principal portion of the…

Decided 1845-09-15

¶1In support of the motion, it was insisted that there was no actual and *221sufficient levy upon the property as against the landlord, prior to the accruing of the rent, that to constitute a valid and effectual levy as against third parties, it is essential that the property levied upon should come under the view of the officer. Van Wyck vs. Pine, 2 Hill, 666.

Beardsley, Justice.

¶2Held, that the extent and sufficiency of the levy were fair questions to be submitted to a jury, but that as the levy upon some portion of the property seemed to be sufficient, (some portion of the property having come under the view of the officer,) and inasmuch as the proceeds of the sale had been mingled by the sheriff, so that the court had not the power of discriminating; the motion should be denied, but without prejudice to the landlord’s action against the sheriff.

¶3Rule accordingly.

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