Case Name: Frederick W. Maass, Judgment Creditor and Respondent, v. James McEntegart and Christopher C. Sullivan, Judgment Debtors; James J. Fitzgerald, Claimant, Appellant
Court: New York City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1897-07
Citations: 20 Misc. 676
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frederick W. Maass, Judgment Creditor and Respondent, v. James McEntegart and Christopher C. Sullivan, Judgment Debtors; James J. Fitzgerald, Claimant, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 676–677

Head Matter:
Frederick W. Maass, Judgment Creditor and Respondent, v. James McEntegart and Christopher C. Sullivan, Judgment Debtors; James J. Fitzgerald, Claimant, Appellant.
(City Court of New York, General Term,
July, 1897.)
1. Supplementary proceedings — Jurisdiction limited.
Supplementary proceedings are special proceedings, and the court ha's not, and cannot, confer greater- jurisdiction than that which is conferred by. statute.
2. Same. — A dispute as to a fund must be settled by an action.
Where a substantial dispute arises as to the ownership of a fund, as between rival claimants to it, the court cannot, by consent of the parties or in any other manner, settle the dispute in supplementary proceedings, but must leave the parties to their action.
Appeal from an order confirming a referee’s report in supplementary proceedings.
J. J. Fitzgerald, for appellant.
W. K. Klinker, for respondent.

Opinion:
Van Wyck, Ch. J.
Appellant must be held to his stipulation. Order affirmed, with costs.
McCarthy, J., concurs.