Case Name: George A. Bergmann, Respondent, v. Frances L. B. Leavitt, Individually and as Executrix, etc., of Samuel G. Ward, Jr., Deceased, and Marian Low, Appellants, Impleaded with Franklin B. Lord and Henry S. Van Duzer, as Substituted Trustees under the Last Will and Testament of George Cabot Ward, Deceased
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1906-05
Citations: 113 A.D. 899
Docket Number: 
Parties: George A. Bergmann, Respondent, v. Frances L. B. Leavitt, Individually and as Executrix, etc., of Samuel G. Ward, Jr., Deceased, and Marian Low, Appellants, Impleaded with Franklin B. Lord and Henry S. Van Duzer, as Substituted Trustees under the Last Will and Testament of George Cabot Ward, Deceased.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 113
Pages: 899–902

Head Matter:
George A. Bergmann, Respondent, v. Frances L. B. Leavitt, Individually and as Executrix, etc., of Samuel G. Ward, Jr., Deceased, and Marian Low, Appellants, Impleaded with Franklin B. Lord and Henry S. Van Duzer, as Substituted Trustees under the Last Will and Testament of George Cabot Ward, Deceased.
judgment creditor a action against the executrix and sole heir of the deceased debtor and against the trustees of a trust for the hem-fit of the debtor to compel a discovery and to have the judgment declared a first lien on the interest of the heir — statutes regulating such action — when interest in trust inalienable — when such creditor has only rights of debtor at time of judgment —proper remedy.
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on the opinion of "the court below (Bergmann v. Lord, 51 Misc. Rep. 213), with leave to defendants to withdraw demurrer and to answer on payment of costs in this court and in the court helow. Order-filed.

Opinion:
Present'—O'Brien, P. J., Ingraham, McLaughlin, Clarke and Houghton, JJ.; Ingraham and McLaughlin, JJ., dissented. Appeal from interlocutory judgment overruling demurrer to complaint.