Case Name: METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. BENDHEIM et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1898-05-20
Citations: 59 N.Y.S. 793
Docket Number: 
Parties: METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. BENDHEIM et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 59
Pages: 793–793

Head Matter:
METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. BENDHEIM et al.
(Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.
May 20, 1898.)
Mortgage—Foreclosure Sale—Compensation of Referee.
Code, § 3297, providing that, where property on mortgage foreclosure sells for $10,000 or upwards, “the referee may receive such additional compensation as to the court may seem proper,” applies only to a case where •the referee actually receives more than $10,000 in cash, and becomes accountable therefor.
Action by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company against Bendheim and others. Motion by referee for additional compensation.
Denied.

Opinion:
BISCHOFF, J.
The motion by the referee for additional compensation for services rendered by Mm as. referee to sell under a judgment of foreclosure and sale cannot be granted. The application is founded solely upon the fact that the property was sold for a sum excessive of $10,000, but the operation of section 3297 of the Code of Civil Procedure, providing for extra compensation in such cases, is to be extended only to a case where the referee has actually received more than $10,000 in cash upon the sale. Hosmer v. Gans, 14 Misc. Rep. 229, 32 N. Y. Supp. 471. Here the greater part of the purchase money was paid by delivery of a bond and mortgage, and the referee received but $2,200, and became accountable for no more in the course of the performance of .his duties.
Motion denied.