Case Name: Sam Pomerantz, as Assignee of A. S. Kreider Shoe Co., and Others, Respondents, v. Louis M. Taylor, Individually and as Trustee, etc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1936-05
Citations: 248 A.D. 639
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sam Pomerantz, as Assignee of A. S. Kreider Shoe Co., and Others, Respondents, v. Louis M. Taylor, Individually and as Trustee, etc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 248
Pages: 639–639

Head Matter:
Sam Pomerantz, as Assignee of A. S. Kreider Shoe Co., and Others, Respondents, v. Louis M. Taylor, Individually and as Trustee, etc., Appellant.

Opinion:
In an action to recover moneys in the hands of the defendant as trustee, the defendant interposed an answer containing an affirmative defense setting up the fact that he retained the moneys for compensation for his services as was his custom in these matters. The agreement was in writing and not ambiguous. Hence, custom may not be shown. The affirmative defense was, therefore, properly struck out. Order affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements. Lazansky, P. J., Cars-well, Davis, Adel and Taylor, JJ., concur.