Case Name: LOEW v. CHRIST et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1897-01-15
Citations: 42 N.Y.S. 963
Docket Number: 
Parties: LOEW v. CHRIST et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 42
Pages: 963–963

Head Matter:
LOEW v. CHRIST et al.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
January 15, 1897.)
Administrators—Suit in Individual Name.
An administraltor may sue in his individual name on his contract in regard to the real estate of his intestate with which he has no official concern.
Appeal from special term, New York county.
Action by Edward V. Loew against Sebastian Christ, impleaded, etc., on a real-estate contract. From a judgment overruling a .demurrer to the complaint, defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Argued before VAN BRUNT, P. J., and BARRETT, RUMSEY, WILLIAMS, and PATTERSON, JJ.
Henry Cooper, for appellant.
Chauncey S. Truax, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The case of Thompson v. Whitmarsh, 100 N. Y. 35, 2 N. E. 273, holds distinctly that when an administrator has made a contract in regard to the property of the estate he may sue in his own name individually to enforce it.- Much more is this the case when, as here, he has contracted in regard to the real estate of his intestate, with which he has officially no concern. In that case the contract affects him personally only, and he can sue on it only in his individual capacity.
The judgment should be affirmed, with costs, with leave to defendant to withdraw demurrer, and answer over on payment of costs in this court and in the court below.