Case Name: FITZPATRICK v. KRAUSE
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1899-05-24
Citations: 58 N.Y.S. 283
Docket Number: 
Parties: FITZPATRICK v. KRAUSE.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 58
Pages: 283–283

Head Matter:
FITZPATRICK v. KRAUSE.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
May 24, 1899.)
Liability op Sheriff—Replevin—Failure to File Claim.
One cannot maintain an action against an officer for property seized under replevin directed against a third person, without having previously filed an affidavit with the officer asserting his claim, as required by Code Civ. Proc. §§ 1709, 1710.
Appeal from municipal court, borough of Manhattan, First district.
Action by John A. Fitzpatrick against Bernath Krause. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
Beversed.
Argued before FBEEDMAF, P. J., and MacLEAN and LEVEN-TBITT, JJ.
Louis S. Finn, for appellant.
MacElkinny & Martin, for respondent.

Opinion:
FREEDMAN, P. J.
Assuming, as claimed by the plaintiff in this action, that he (plaintiff) was the owner of the property taken under the writ of replevin by the defendant, as marshal of the city, in the action of B. Cohen against Feinberg Bros., while such property was in the apparent possession of the said defendants in the writ, the plaintiff could only maintain this action by a compliance with the provisions of Code Civ. Proc. § 1709, 1710; Consol. Act, § 1341 (Laws 1882, c. 410); Charter Greater New York, § 1428 (Laws 1897, c. 378). McCarthy v. Ockerman, 154 N. Y. 565, 49 N. E. 153. The record contains no proof of any such compliance.
Judgment must be reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. All concur.