Case Name: William A. Stern, II, Appellant, Respondent, v. Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Respondent, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-04-08
Citations: 167 Misc. 446
Docket Number: 
Parties: William A. Stern, II, Appellant, Respondent, v. Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Respondent, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 167
Pages: 446–447

Head Matter:
William A. Stern, II, Appellant, Respondent, v. Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Respondent, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
April 8, 1938.
Frank & Gonnet [Claude L. Gonnet of counsel], for the plaintiff, appellant.
Julius L. Goldstein, for the defendant, respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The assignment to plaintiff in payment of his fee is expressly sanctioned by section 275 of the Penal Law. To constitute the offense contemplated by section 274 of the Penal Law the primary purpose of the assignment must be to enable plaintiff to bring a suit, and this intent may not be merely incidental and contingent. (Moses v. McDivitt, 88 N. Y. 62.)
Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and judgment directed in favor of the plaintiff for the sum demanded in the complaint. Plaintiff's appeal from order and defendant's appeal from resettled judgment dismissed.
All concur. Present — Lydon, Fra nkenthaler and ShienTAG, JJ.