Case ID: ad_281/html/0673-03.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Bernard H. Lefferts, Appellant, v. Latin-American Council of Christian Churches of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendants. John Fanelle, as Receiver, Respondent.
   The order appealed from did not impose on plaintiff liability for the judgment, if any, in the negligence action, but only liability for the costs and expenses ” of the receiver in defending the negligence action in his official capacity if the estate is insufficient (cf. Civ. Prac. Act, § 977-e and § 1547-a). On the facts disclosed the order appealed from was proper and is unanimously affirmed, with $20 costs and disbursements to the receiver-respondent. Present — Dore, J. P., Cohn, Van Voorhis and Breitel, JJ. [See post, p. 744.]