Case Name: Angelo Rossi, Plaintiff, v. Irving Shapiro and " John Doe," Defendants, Respondents; Samuel N. Kurtz, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1933-01-17
Citations: 146 Misc. 376
Docket Number: 
Parties: Angelo Rossi, Plaintiff, v. Irving Shapiro and “ John Doe,” Defendants, Respondents; Samuel N. Kurtz, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 146
Pages: 376–377

Head Matter:
Angelo Rossi, Plaintiff, v. Irving Shapiro and “ John Doe,” Defendants, Respondents; Samuel N. Kurtz, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
January 17, 1933.
Vernal J. Williams, for appellant Kurtz.
Arnstein & Levine [Sidney S. Levine of counsel], for the respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The appellant was not guilty of a " misbehavior in his office or trust " or of a " violation of duty therein," within the meaning of subdivision 1 of section 753 of the Judiciary Law, when he stored the car in a public garage after having taken the precautions revealed by the record. (Depew v. Solomonowitz, 48 App. Div. 512, 514.) Nor can he be charged with a willful disobedience of the court's mandate, since his inability to return the car was not the result of a contumacious act.
Order reversed, with ten dollars costs, and motion denied.
All concur; present, Lydon, Frankenthaler and Untermyer, JJ.