Case Name: Matter of the Examination of Norman S. Walker, Jr., a Third Person, in Proceedings Supplementary to Execution, upon the Application of Herbert G. McLear, upon a Judgment entitled James E. Murphy, Plaintiff, v. Jacob Cram, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1913-04
Citations: 80 Misc. 389
Docket Number: 
Parties: Matter of the Examination of Norman S. Walker, Jr., a Third Person, in Proceedings Supplementary to Execution, upon the Application of Herbert G. McLear, upon a Judgment entitled James E. Murphy, Plaintiff, v. Jacob Cram, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 80
Pages: 389–391

Head Matter:
Matter of the Examination of Norman S. Walker, Jr., a Third Person, in Proceedings Supplementary to Execution, upon the Application of Herbert G. McLear, upon a Judgment entitled James E. Murphy, Plaintiff, v. Jacob Cram, Defendant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
April, 1913.)
Supplementary proceedings—receivers — examination of third person, when had.
Where a receiver in proceedings supplementary to execution has been appointed at the instance of one judgment creditor, no examination of a third person can thereafter be had by any other creditor.
Appeal by Norman S. Walker, Jr., the above-named third party directed to appear for examination, from an order of the City Court of the city of New York, denying his motion to vacate or modify the order of his examination, which order was made in proceedings supplementary to execution in an action in which one Murphy was plaintiff and Jacob Cram defendant.
Miller, King, Lane & Tr afford (Perry D. Trafford and James F. Sandofur, of counsel), for third-person-appellant.
McLear & McLear (Herbert G. McLear, of counsel), for plaintiff-respondent.

Opinion:
Gerard, J.
At the instigation of another judgment creditor, a receiver has been appointed for Jacob Cram, and it is claimed by the appellant that, first, the third party cannot be examined in this proceeding, because in another proceeding at the instigation of another judgment creditor- a receiver has been appointed ; and, second, that some years ago this same third party was examined at the instigation of the particular creditor in this proceeding at bar, and that, therefore, no second examination can be had.
It is not denied that the action in which the receiver has been appointed for the judgment debtor is an action brought against him by his cousin, Seward Webb, and that the receiver is one Scoble, a clerk in the office of Sidney Harris, attorney for Jacob Cram. The third party, Walker, who is sought to be examined in this proceeding, is the trustee and brother-in-law of Cram, the judgment debtor.
It is also alleged that the judgment debtor consented to the appointment of this receiver and has consented to the entry of orders of the Supreme Court directing the receiver to pay over funds to one Lockwood, to whom Seward Webb had assigned his judgment, said Lockwood being associated with Sidney Harris, the attorney for Cram, and that the said Harris or Lockwood have then paid the funds over to the said Cram.
The allegation of these facts would seem to indicate that the court below had not abused its discretion, if it had the power to order the examination of this third party, for otherwise a judgment debtor, by collusion with the plaintiff in one proceeding brought against him, could have a friendly receiver appointed and thereafter cut off any further inquiry by other creditors into the matter of his assets.
Appellant cites Matter of Steinmann v. Conlon, 150 App. Div. 708, as conclusive and it would seem that this case following Sorrentino v. Langlois, 144 id. 271, holds that where a receiver has been appointed at the instance of one judgment creditor no examination of a third party can be had thereafter by any other creditor. We are, therefore, constrained to reverse the order appealed from.
Order reversed with ten dollars costs and disbursements and motion to vacate order for examination granted with ten dollars costs.
Guy and Page, JJ., concur.
Order-reversed, and motion to vacate order for examination granted. •