Case Name: Anna Rentz, Plaintiff, v. Ida Brodsky and Others, Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1940-03-12
Citations: 174 Misc. 554
Docket Number: 
Parties: Anna Rentz, Plaintiff, v. Ida Brodsky and Others, Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 174
Pages: 554–554

Head Matter:
Anna Rentz, Plaintiff, v. Ida Brodsky and Others, Defendants.
Supreme Court, Special Term, Kings County,
March 12, 1940.
Nathaniel Roven, for the plaintiff.
Bertram Lichtenberg, for the defendants.

Opinion:
Dodd, J.
This action was brought to recover on a bond and to set aside the conveyances of certain real property made subsequent to the execution of the bond. The said section provides that attorney's fees of a judgment creditor shall be fixed by the trial justice " in an action brought by a judgment creditor to set aside a conveyance by a judgment debtor." At the time the action was brought, the plaintiff could not be said to be a judgment creditor. Her claim had not yet been reduced to judgment. I hold that section 276-a must be strictly construed and the motion is, therefore, denied, without costs. Settle order on notice.