Case Name: Edward L. Purdy, Resp't, v. The Nova Scotia Midland Railway and Iron Company, App'lt
Court: New York City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1894-05-18
Citations: 59 N.Y. St. Rep. 409
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edward L. Purdy, Resp’t, v. The Nova Scotia Midland Railway and Iron Company, App’lt.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 59
Pages: 409–409

Head Matter:
Edward L. Purdy, Resp’t, v. The Nova Scotia Midland Railway and Iron Company, App’lt.
(New York City Court, General Term,
Filed May 18, 1894.)
Assignment—When sufficient.
The debtor cannot question the legality of a transfer which is sufficient to protect him in paying to the assignee the amount due on the assigned claim.
Appeal from judgment entered on verdict of jury in favor of plaintiff.
H. G. Andrews, for app’lt; Tyler, Pratt & Hibbard, for resp’t.

Opinion:
Ehrlich, C. J.
The action was to recover for services rendered and materials furnished to the defendant by the New York Bank Note Company in and about the engraving of certain bonds for the defendant. The claim was assigned by the Bank Note Company to the plaintiff. The evidence clearly established the performance of the work and furnishing of the materials, and that $795, with interest, was due therefor. -The assignment was executed by the president of the Bank Note Company, in the presence of its secretary, and the corporate seal of the company was affixed. The assignment was certainly sufficient to protect the defendant in paying the amount due to the plaintiff, and, therefore, the defendant cannot seriously question the legality of the transfer. Sheridan v. The Mayor, 68 N. Y. 30. It nowhere appears that the defendant was entitled to the plates upon which the bonds were printed, and the bonds themselves were delivered and accepted. The verdict of the jury is satisfactorily sustained by the , evidence, and finds every fact in favor of the plaintiff which is required to sustain the judgment, which must be affirmed, with costs.
Van Wyck, and McCarthy, JJ., concur.