Case Name: Albert S. Moore, Resp't, v. John A. Potter, Individually and as Receiver, etc., App'lt
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1895-06-14
Citations: 68 N.Y. St. Rep. 60
Docket Number: 
Parties: Albert S. Moore, Resp’t, v. John A. Potter, Individually and as Receiver, etc., App’lt.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 68
Pages: 60–63

Head Matter:
Albert S. Moore, Resp’t, v. John A. Potter, Individually and as Receiver, etc., App’lt.
(Supreme Court, General Term, First Department,
Filed June 14, 1895.)
Receives. — Refusal to beceive goods.
Upon the refusal by the receiver to receive goods under a contract, made before his appointment, the vendor cannot resell the goods on the purchaser’s account and sue the receiver for the deficiency in violation of a clause, contained in the order of appointment, restraining all persons from interfering with the receiver’s possession and control of the assets.
Motion for a new trial on exceptions, ordered to be heard at general term in the first instance.
Leopold Wallach, for the motion: R. B. Moffit, opposed.

Opinion:
O'Brien, J.
— When the receiver refused to receive the yarn under the contract, the plaintiff was at liberty to elect his remedy, which it is conceded he did by regarding the property as that of the buyer, and selling it for his account, crediting him with the amount of the sale, and seeking in this action to charge him with the loss. It being the property, therefore, of the receiver, and the plaintiff having been served with the injunction prior to the sale, as the receiver was justified in doing after having been notified of the election made by the seller, the latter could not, in violation of the terms of such injunction, proceed without leave of the court, and thereby acquire rights as against such receiver. Having been guilty of a contempt of court in his procedure, he cannot get the aid of the court to enable him to reap the fruits of his contempt. The exceptions should be sustained, and a new trial granted, with costs to the plaintiff to abide the event.
Van Brunt, P. J., concurs.